| Strange Days, Dangerous Nights: Photos from the Speed Graphic Era Contributor(s): Millett, Larry (Author), Sandford, John (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0873515048 ISBN-13: 9780873515047 Publisher: Borealis Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2004 Annotation: A collection of strange and startling photos from the 1940s and 50s from the archives of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the St. Paul Dispatch. An evocative look at another time, this is a visual history like no other, a feast for fans of photography and photojournalism, crime buffs, and urban historians--and a testament to the craft of those photographers who documented their era one shot at a time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Photography | Photojournalism - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 070.490 |
| LCCN: 2003026941 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 10.36" W x 11.36" (3.23 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota - Locality - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-Wi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fat men's races and fall-out shelters, murder victims and loose women, cheerleaders and immigrants, celebrities and children in distress were just some of the urban curiosities splashed across the pages of city newspapers during the Speed Graphic era (1930s-1950s). Championed by acclaimed news photographers like Arthur Fellig (a.k.a. Weegee), the Speed Graphic camera produced a new visual style that was as blunt, powerful, and immediate as a left hook. Driven by the desire to fill newspaper pages with sensational images, press photographers shot everything, day and night: automobile accidents, fires, murders, all the cop news that fought for a hot spot on the Front Page. And they covered uncounted numbers of social affairs--pictures called "grip-and-grins" in the trade: school events, sports, celebrities, oddities both of nature and humanity. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sandford, John: - John Sandford is the pen name of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, New York Times bestselling novelist, and amateur photographer John Camp. His books include The Hanged Man's Song, Hidden Prey, and Naked Prey. |
