Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris Ulmann

Doris Ulmann (1882-1934)

Synopsis

This comprehensive retrospective explores the extensive work of photographer Doris Ulmann, covering her diverse range of subjects and photographic styles. It includes her early pictorialist images, studio portraits of New York's literary and artistic figures, and documentary photographs of rural craftsmen in Appalachia, as well as the African American and Gullah communities in South Carolina and Georgia. Ulmann's work crosses genres, blending pictorialism and documentary photography, and focuses on preserving the American past with modernist elements like form, sharp contrast, and unmanipulated prints. Her unique approach and subject matter make categorizing her work challenging.

Book Details

ISBN-10:
1946657085
ISBN-13:
9781946657084
PUBLISHER:
Georgia Museum of Art
YEAR:
2018
BINDING:
Hardcover
PAGES:
200 pages
LANGUAGE:
English

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Untitled, 1929-31. Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

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