All Available Light

The Life and Legacy of Photographer Ted Polumbaum

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

As a young journalist during the Red Scare of the early 1950s, Ted Polumbaum defied Congressional inquisitors and suffered the usual consequences--he was fired, blacklisted, and trailed by the FBI. Yet he survived with his integrity intact to build a new career as an intrepid photojournalist, covering some of the most critical struggles of the latter half of the 20th century.In this biography, written two decades after his death, his daughter introduces this quirky, accomplished, politically engaged family man of the "Greatest Generation," who was both of and ahead of his times. Polumbaum's fortitude, humor and optimism emerge, animated by the conscience of principled dissidence and social activism. His photography, with its unpretentious portrayals of the famous, the infamous, and the unsung heroes of humanity around the world, reflects his courage in the face of mass hysteria and his lifelong commitment to social justice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-06-18
Mått:178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:367 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:206
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476686608

Utforska kategorier

Fotografisamlingar inom Kultur
Arkitekter och arkitektfirmor inom Kultur
Konsthistoria inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Judy Polumbaum, University of Iowa professor emerita of journalism and mass communication, is a journalist, scholar and educator with a long and varied publication record. She lives in Rhode Island.

Recensioner i media

“Do yourself a favor and read the highly original All Available Light, which is really three books in one, each of which deepens one’s understanding of the others: A loving daughter’s memoir of her late father, a Cold War account of the courage it took not to name names during the McCarthyite years (which he didn’t), and an erudite but easily accessible account of how a caring photographer goes about making the images that are still very much still with us.”—Victor S. Navasky, author of Naming Names, former editor and publisher of The Nation

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote to the ReaderKinship Guide1. The Decisive Moment2. Assignment: Escuminac3. The Birthplace of the Fifties4. A Potentially Very Rewarding Occupation5. Seek, Strike, Destroy6. The Ivied Idyll7. Seeking Haven8. Looking to Launch9. Defiance10. Assignment: Exploding Stars11. The Portals Open12. Assignment: Prelude to Camelot13. Family Pictures14. Assignment: Home Birth15. Finding Perspective16. Assignment: Afterimage17. Up the Cool Potomac18. Assignment: Teen Rockers19. Freedom Is Never Free20. Assignment: The Station Wagon21. Fissures in the American Century22. Assignment: Conversion23. Lost and Found24. Their September Eleventh25. Assignment: Finding Armando26. Varieties of Departure27. Wanderings and Wonderings28. Assignment: Human Landscapes29. Grandpa Is a Stone Wall30. The Mind’s EyeSelected SourcesIndex