Last year, I took a local course on the History of Photography. I found the subject matter very interesting, and enjoyed learning more about the context and role that photography played in our country’s history. I’m going to list a few of the books right now, and will hopefully add some summaries later this month or next.
- Luke Swank, Modernist Photographer — Howard Bossen
- A World History of Photography
- American Photography and the American Dream (Cultural Studies of the United States) — James Guimond
- Documentary Expression and Thirties America — William Stott
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men — James Agee & Evan Walker
- Photography and Politics in America: From the New Deal into the Cold War — Lili Corbus Benzer
Learning about our profession is important — and even though some of these texts are more oriented towards the photojournalist, I would consider the texts relevant and interesting to photographers in any specialty.
Betsy is a Michigan-based 
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