After the Ruins, 1906 And 2006 Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire

Name: After the Ruins, 1906 And 2006 Rephotographing the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire
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ISBN: 9780520245563

ISBN-10: 0520245563

ISBN-13: 9780520245563

Edition: 2006

Authors: Mark Klett, Michael Lundgren, Philip L. Fradkin, Rebecca Solnit, Karin Breuer

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How exactly has San Francisco's urban landscape changed in the hundred years since the earthquake and cataclysmic firestorms that destroyed three-quarters of the city in 1906? For this provocative rephotography project, bringing past and present into dynamic juxtaposition, renowned photographer Mark Klett has gone to the same locations pictured in forty-five compelling historic photographs taken in the days following the 1906 earthquake and fires and precisely duplicated each photograph's vantage point. The result is an elegant and powerful comparison that challenges our preconceptions about time, history, and culture. "I think the pictures ask us to become aware of the extraordinary…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/8/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 134
Size: 11.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments



Rephotography, and the Story of Two San Franciscos


An Interview



Hell on Earth



The Ruins of Memory



Photographs Maps of Photograph Locations


List of Photographs and Credits