During the early twentieth century, Brazilian photographer Augusto Malta produced a vast archive of photographs of Rio de Janeiro. Through this archive Malta explored two sides of the city: on one hand, …
Read More >By Nadya Bair, author of The Decisive Network: Magnum Photos and the Postwar Image Market A decade ago, August 19 became World Photo Day — a day for photography lovers to celebrate …
Read More >Acting Out: Cabinet Cards and the Making of Modern PhotographyEdited by John Rohrbach Closing out our National Photography Month spotlights, UC Press is excited to preview our forthcoming release Acting Out, the first …
Read More >The Decisive NetworkMagnum Photos and the Postwar Image Marketby Nadya Bair May is National Photography Month, and in celebration, UC Press wanted to spotlight our forthcoming release The Decisive Network, which reveals …
Read More >As westward expansion was taking place on many fronts, the still-nascent technology of photography helped bring the West’s fabled landscapes, impossible-sounding stories, and regional discoveries to life for most Americans.
Read More >by Glenn Willumson, author of Iron Muse: Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad The photographs of the transcontinental railroad first came to my attention over thirty years ago, when I was a graduate student …
Read More >In partnership with FlakPhoto, we are giving away 5 copies of Tyler Green’s fascinating biography on Carleton Watkins, the greatest American photographer of the nineteenth century and arguably the most influential artist of …
Read More >Best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, Carleton Watkins made his first trip there in 1861 just as the Civil War was beginning. …
Read More >We’re delighted to announce that multiple UC Press titles have been both shortlisted and longlisted for the 2017 Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Book Awards. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards are the UK’s leading prizes for …
Read More >Tomorrow is World Photo Day, a celebration bringing together millions of photographers worldwide to share their stories and inspire global change through the power of photography. A snapshot of some of our …
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