This Hardcover Book item from Center for American Places was reviewed on 12-Dec-2008.
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1) Hardcover Book Regarding Emma: Photographs of American Women and Girls by Center for American Places. I bought this book after seeing a segment about the author on TV and I was not disappointed. The photos are beautiful, thought provoking and make me aware of the bonds between women in my family.
While I bought it in the Spring, I plan on buying more and giving them as Christmas gifts for special women that come into my life this year.
¤ 2) Hardcover Book Regarding Emma: Photographs of American Women and Girls by Center for American Places. Pinney´s photographs are breathtaking and moving- the superb composition, color and lighting engage the viewer and suck them into the familiar scenes that document the lives, rituals and relationships of females. Some of the photos were taken in the early 80´s and it´s interesting to see how time hasn´t changed much regarding womens´ roles in society and family life; if it weren´t for the clothes or dated hairdo, they could´ve been taken today. Pinney´s perspective is refreshing and through her eyes we find very special everyday moments immortalized, moments that we would have never given a second thought (i.e. women changing diapers at Disneyworld) I highly recommend this book of fine-art documentary photography, and also, would like to add that the recommendation amazon suggests above, women photos (of singles), has nothing to do with this book.¤ 3) Hardcover Book Regarding Emma: Photographs of American Women and Girls by Center for American Places. For more than fifteen years, Melissa Ann Pinney has been making photographs of girls and women, from infancy to old age, to portray how feminine identity is constructed, taught, and communicated. Her work depicts not only the rites of American womanhood--a prom, a wedding, a baby shower, a tea party--but the informal passages of girlhood: combing a doll´s hair, doing laundry with a mother, smoking a cigarette at a state fair. With each view, we gain a greater understanding of the connections between mother and daughter, and by extension the larger world of family, friends, and society. Pinney´s approach to interpreting girlhood became more complicated and complex when her daughter, Emma, was born eight years ago. Emma´s childhood evoked in Pinney her own girlhood and gave her work new meaning and purpose. Ultimately, Regarding Emma shares with all of us the incremental and the ritualistic changes that take place in a woman´s life over time. Her photographs are artistic and social documents that reveal the subtle and bold aspects of feminine identity--documents whose reach will extend well beyond the walls of America´s leading galleries and museums into the hearts and homes of everyday Americans.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 9-Jan-2009, 19300661479781930066144, 010-940-620-620-251-0X1-341-471-423-QEB-3UB-8 
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