Photography history books from Bored Feet Press

Elusive Truth—Four Photographers at Manzanar: Ansel Adams, Clem Albers, Dorothea Lange, Toyo Miyatake

Gerald H. Robinson,
Introduction by Archie Miyatake

In 1942 the United States government declared 110,000 American Japanese residents of the U.S. threat to national security and incarcerated them in eleven relocation camps around the country. This book tells the story of one such camp, Manzanar.

The Lovely Sea View
A Study of the Marine Photographs
Published by Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858

Ken Jacobson

This important monograph on the photographer Le Gray was published in a limited edition. Gorgeous duotones and extraordinary detective work transport the reader into the world of French and English art photography in the 1850s.

Arizona Real Photo Postcards
A History & Portfolio

Jeremy Rowe

Rowe explores interesting facets of early Arizona as visually captured by professional and amateur postcard photographers. The topics include mining, labor unrest, the advent of the automobile, Indians, disasters, the Mexican Border War, and photography.

William Henry Jackson
An Annotated Bibliography 1862-1995

Thomas H. Harrell

An essential resource on a great western photographer.

The Savage View
Charles Savage, Pioneer Mormon Photographer

Bradley W. Richards, M.D.

The only full length biography of an excellent western photographer who emigrated to Utah in 1855, then captured more than 50 years of western landscapes, faces,and places.

Biographies of Western Photographers
Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West

Carl Mautz

This monumental work covers 15,000+ 19th century photographers who worked in 27 western states and Canadian provinces. A must for researchers, it includes a text on collecting old photographs, plus an alphabetical index by state, province or category of all photographers listed.

Photographers in Arizona 1850-1920
A History and Directory

Jeremy Rowe

This book presents a 70-year visual history of a legendary land, an exciting window into one of the most colorful periods and places in our western heritage.

Ohio Photographers 1839-1900
A History and Directory

Diane VanSkiver Gagel

Winner of the 1998 U.S. Grant Award for Genealogical Research Aide, this is the story of Ohio's visual history, from the earliest images in 1839 until the dawning of the 20th century.

Great Spirit
North American Indian Portraits

Edward McAndrews

Portraits of Native Americans by little-known photographers.

The Remarkable Carlo Gentile
Pioneer Italian Photographer

Cesare Marino

This book tells the intriguing story of Buffalo Bill's first Wild West Show photographer. The Italian photographer Carlo Gentile left his native land at age 21 and traveled around the world, landing in San Francisco in the 1850s.

Dassonville
California Photographer (1879-1957)

Peter Palmquist; Researched and edited by Susan Herzig and Paul Hertzmann

This beautiful book is the first about an influential, superb California photographer widely published in his day and the winner of numerous prizes and honors.