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Our America : a photographic history  Cover Image Book Book

Our America : a photographic history / Ken Burns, with Susanna Steisel, Brian Lee, and David Blistein.

Burns, Ken, 1953- (author.). Steisel, Susanna, (contributor.). Lee, Brian, (contributor.). Blistein, David, (contributor.).

Summary:

"From one of our most treasured filmmakers, a pictorial history of America-a stunning and moving collection of Ken Burns's favorite photographs"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385353014
  • ISBN: 0385353014
  • Physical Description: 334 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction / Ken Burns -- A powerful monument to our moment / Sarah Hermanson Meister -- Photographs: Our America -- Illustration notes -- Acknowledgments.
Subject: Photography > United States.
United States > History > Pictorial works.
United States > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
États-Unis > Histoire.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Manners and customs.
Photography.
United States.
Photography > United States.
United States > History > Pictorial works.
United States > Social life and customs > Pictorial works.
Genre: History.
Photobooks.
Pictorial works.
Photobooks.

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KEN BURNS, the producer and director of numerous film series, including The Vietnam War, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, and The War, founded his own documentary film company, Florentine Films, in 1976. His landmark film The Civil War was the highest-rated series in the history of American public television, and his work has won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards, and two Academy Award nominations. He lives in Walpole, New Hampshire.


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