{"title":"Robert Bogdan","description":"Robert Bogdan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University. He is the author of many books, including Exposing the Wilderness: Early Twentieth-Century Adirondack Postcard Photographers, Adirondack Vernacular: The Photography of Henry M. Beach, and Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic Rhetoric. Todd Weseloh was the librarian\/archivist at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY, and has been an avid collector of postcards since 1976.","products":[{"product_id":"real-photo-postcard-guide-the-peoples-photography-hardcover","title":"Real Photo Postcard Guide: The People's Photography - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Real Photo Postcard Guide\u003c\/i\u003e is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIllustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the scope of the Real Photo Postcard Guide spans technical considerations of production, characteristics of superior images, collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo postcards and investigating their photographers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a broader sense, the authors show how \"real photo postcards\" document the social history of America. From family outings and workplace awards to lynchings and natural disasters, every image captures a moment of American cultural history from the society that generated them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBogdan and Weseloh's book provides an admirable integration of informative text and compelling photographic illustrations. Collectors, archivists, photographers, photo historians, social scientists, and anyone interested in the visual documentation of America will find the Real Photo Postcard Guide indispensable.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377723474143,"sku":"9780815608516","price":43.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/fIpA76CWyD9780815608516.webp?v=1789240020"},{"product_id":"picturing-disability-beggar-freak-citizen-and-other-photographic-rhetoric-hardcover","title":"Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidget, feeble-minded, crippled, lame, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003einsane: \u003c\/i\u003e these terms and the historical photographs that accompany them may seem shocking to present-day audiences. A young woman with no arms wears a sequined tutu and smiles for the camera as she smokes a cigarette with her toes; a man holds up two prosthetic legs while his own legs are bared to the knees to show his missing feet. The photos were used as promotional material for circus sideshows, charity drives, and art galleries. They were found on begging cards and in family albums. In\u003ci\u003e Picturing Disability, \u003c\/i\u003eBogdan and his collaborators gather over 200 historical photographs showing how people with disabilities have been presented and exploring the contexts in which they were photographed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRather than focus on the subjects, Bogdan turns his gaze on the people behind the camera. He examines the historic and cultural environment of the photographs to decipher the relationship between the images and the perspectives of the picture makers. In analyzing the visual rhetoric of these photographs, Bogdan identifies the wide variety of genres, from sideshow souvenirs to clinical photographs. Ranging from the 1860s, when photographs first became readily available, to the 1970s, when the disability rights movement became a force for significant change, Bogdan chronicles the evolution of disability image creation. \u003ci\u003ePicturing Disability\u003c\/i\u003e takes the reader beyond judging images as positive or slanderous to reveal how particular contexts generate specific emotions and lasting depictions.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51377724653791,"sku":"9780815633020","price":89.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/gi7zgkl-2k9780815633020.webp?v=1789240024"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/robert-bogdan.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}