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Author: Robert Flynn Johnson Publisher: G Editions LLC ISBN: 9781943876587 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 0
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What started out as a simple trip to a postcard fair turned into a lifelong investigation for author Robert Flynn Johnson. Captivated by the beauty and originality of a group of nineteenth-century photographs of women, he had to know more. Now, nearly a decade after his first encounter with the images, Johnson has uncovered more than two hundred vintage photographs of women who lived and worked at a brothel in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1892. Taken by commercial photographer William Goldman, the photographs paint a full picture of the environment that the women inhabited--from inside the brothel, posing artistically for the camera, to their off-duty routines, such as reading, smoking, and bathing. Never-before published and taken two decades before the famous E. J. Bellocq photographs of prostitutes in Storyville in New Orleans circa 1913, these beautifully produced photographs are only now seeing the light of day. Johnson uses these photographs to detail their aesthetic, historical, and sociological importance in the history of photography, examining them alongside paintings and photographs by such artists as Degas, Picasso, Atget, and more. Accompanied by essays from Professor Ruth Rosen and Dennita Sewell that provide an insightful historical overview of these images in context of the period in which they were taken and a preface from famed burlesque dancer Dita von Teese, this volume provides a personal visual record of lives of these women while also offering a deeper understanding of the Working Girls that existed more than 120 years ago.
Author: Robert Flynn Johnson Publisher: G Editions LLC ISBN: 9781943876587 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
What started out as a simple trip to a postcard fair turned into a lifelong investigation for author Robert Flynn Johnson. Captivated by the beauty and originality of a group of nineteenth-century photographs of women, he had to know more. Now, nearly a decade after his first encounter with the images, Johnson has uncovered more than two hundred vintage photographs of women who lived and worked at a brothel in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1892. Taken by commercial photographer William Goldman, the photographs paint a full picture of the environment that the women inhabited--from inside the brothel, posing artistically for the camera, to their off-duty routines, such as reading, smoking, and bathing. Never-before published and taken two decades before the famous E. J. Bellocq photographs of prostitutes in Storyville in New Orleans circa 1913, these beautifully produced photographs are only now seeing the light of day. Johnson uses these photographs to detail their aesthetic, historical, and sociological importance in the history of photography, examining them alongside paintings and photographs by such artists as Degas, Picasso, Atget, and more. Accompanied by essays from Professor Ruth Rosen and Dennita Sewell that provide an insightful historical overview of these images in context of the period in which they were taken and a preface from famed burlesque dancer Dita von Teese, this volume provides a personal visual record of lives of these women while also offering a deeper understanding of the Working Girls that existed more than 120 years ago.
Author: Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society (Pittsfield, Mass.) Publisher: ISBN: Category : Berkshire County (Mass.) Languages : en Pages : 496
Author: F. C. Loder-Symonds Publisher: Read Books Ltd ISBN: 1473349931 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 265
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This vintage book contains information on "The Old Berks Hunt", a historical fox hunting club in Oxfordshire, England. With details of its history, notable members, and excursions, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in the history of English Fox hunting, and would make for a worthy addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "The Early History of Foxhunting", "The Reverend John Loder, 1760 to 1805", "The Rev. Robert Symonds, 1800 to 1807, and 1808 to 1814", "Mr. William Codrington, 1814 to 1824", "Mr. Harvey Combe, 1824 to 1826", "Lord Kintore, Master 1826 to 1830", "The Hon. Henry Moreton, 1830 to 1832", etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. This volume is being republished now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.
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