Mirror with a Memory A Nation's Story in Photographs

Name: Mirror with a Memory A Nation's Story in Photographs
Price: 18.61 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780887767470

ISBN-10: 0887767478

ISBN-13: 9780887767470

Edition: 2006

Authors: Janice Weaver

List price: $24.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy new: $18.61

Marketplace

2 new & used from $20.38

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

Canada and the art of photography came into existence together in the middle of the nineteenth century. Both had shaky beginnings -- one was an upstart country struggling to emerge from the shadow of its great neighbor, the other a rough art form capable of capturing only blurred, grainy images -- but each eventually came into its own. Today, Canada is a bold and prosperous nation, while photography, in the words of Edward Steichen, is "a major force in explaining man to man." Mirror with a Memory is a photographic journey through the history of this country. It includes those famous shots that have defined a nation; from the Fathers of Confederation grouped stiffly on the steps of…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Tundra Book Group
Publication date: 11/13/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 9.45" wide x 10.12" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.024
Language: English

JANICE WEAVER is the award-winning author of Building America, From Head to Toe, and The A to Z of Everyday Things. She lives in Toronto.