Young America: The Daguerrotypes of Souothworth & Hawes by Romer, Grant; Pierce, Sally; Reaves, Wendy Wick; Wallis, Brian - 2005

Steidl/ICP, 2005. 356pp. Purple boards, Pictorial dust jacket new, unread in original shrinkwrap. From 1845 to 1862, the Boston partnership of Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes maintained the most celebrated photography studio in the United States. Taking as their subjects both the greatest personalities of the day and the natural spectacles of the American landscape, such as Niagara Falls, Southworth & Hawes elevated the new medium of daguerreotype photography to the level of art. Young America will be the most significant publication to date on Southworth & Hawes, featuring full-scale color reproductions of all plates in the exhibition as well as 2,000 additional black-and-white illustrations.. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. Thick 4to.