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$39.95 cloth ISBN 0-9670076-5-8 / 101/2x 111/2 78 full page tritone photographs 160 pages, Photography
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When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective
Of Childhood From The Library Of Congress "A definite keeper!"
"Genuinely transfixing. Exquisitely composed and handsomely reproduced."
"Robert Coles wrote a keen text, there is not a single weak image"
"This intriguing book......captures the world of children through the decades"
"One of the best illustrated......books of the year"
"Emotionally powerful...... Recommended for all photography collections"
The Library of Congress presents a collection of touching and timeless photographs of children from its extraordinary photographic archive. Married with heartfelt prose by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles and a foreword by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, When They Were Young is a beautifully illustrated portrayal of early life and the legacies that live on from coming of age. When They Were Young reveals that the experience of childhood is connected across time through a broad presentation of eloquent images. Spanning the history of photography from the daguerreotype to documentary, each tritone image in this volume is illustrated on a full page. Works by internationally renowned photographers such as Edward Curtis, Dorothea Lange, Lewis Hine, Jack Delano and others are included. ROBERT COLES, M.D. is a world renowned child psychiatrist
and best-selling author. Dr. Coles has published more than sixty books
and received numerous awards including the Pulitzer Prize (1973), the
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1998), and the American Psychiatric Association
Distinguished Service Award (2000). The Library of Congress is the worlds
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Chicago Tribune The photographs collected in the new Library of Congress
retrospective "When They Were Young" are genuinely transfixing. Exquisitely
composed and handsomely reproduced, they depict children being children
all around the world, over a span of more than 150 years. They take us
to Harlem, to Paris, to Puerto Rico, to Wisconsin, to the rapids of the
Nile. They take us into factories, and they take us into privilege. They
take us into the hush of secrets and the overt rituals of play, into homes
and to the side of dusty roads. |
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USA Today When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective
of Childhood From the Library of Congress by Robert Coles (Kales Press/Library
of Congress, $39.95). Let others have paintings and big engines; for many
people, there is nothing more beautiful than the face of a young child.
This intriguing book draws on the photo archives of the Library of Congress,
which houses more than 12 million photos. From an 1858 cherub cherished
in her mother's arms to the wee little newborn feet photographed in 1955,
the book captures the world of children through the decades. |
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MSNBC From the tiny splayed toes of the newborn to cub
ballerinas spreading toy-wing arms over tutus, from a black child gashed
by erupting fear to junior Italian fascists trying out their miniature
guns, “When They Were Young” (Kales Press, $40) is a fine photo ensemble.
The pictures of children were taken from 12 million shots in the Library
of Congress, Robert Coles wrote a keen text, there is not a single weak
image. Here is a soulful Jewish girl before her people had to worry about
Hitler, and Tad Lincoln in uniform (Union, of course), and two boys in
jodhpurs helping a toddler brother face a sun-stunned Manhattan in 1914,
every atom of air alive. |
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Library Journal This book, which accompanies an exhibition of the
same title being held at the Library of Congress through March 22, 2003,
presents emotionally powerful photographs that draw us into the world
of childhood and young adulthood. Selected from the 12 million images
in the Prints and Photographs Division in the Library of Congress, the
78 full-page images span the history of photography from daguerreotype
to the present. Represented are photographers for the Farm Security Administration/Office
of War Information (e.g. Dorothea Lange, John Vashon, Marion Post Wolcott),
as well as other documentary artists (Gordon Parks, Lewis Wickes Hine);
art photographers (Clarence White, Arnold Genthe, F. Holland Day); and
others who crossed genres (Edward Steichen, Toni Frissell). Text by Pulitzer
Prize-winning child psychologist Coles (The Spiritual Life of Children)
accompanies each image or group of images, but his affectionate commentary
is superfluous and sometimes gets in the way of these eloquent photographs.
More factual information about the photographs would have better enriched
the meaning conveyed by particular images. Recommended for all photography
collections |
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Midwest Book Review Compiled by child psychiatrist Robert Coles, When
They Were Young is a wonderfully presented showcase of retrospective
black-and-white photographs drawn from the Library of Congress, and which
highlight the memories and images of American childhood and what it was
like to grow up in a yesteryear American culture. Many of the images hail
from the late 19th century or the first half of the 20th century, and
are accompanied by a thoughtful commentary adding background and depth
to this memorable and visual treasure trove showcasing an impressive and
memorable retrospective of American childhood.
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