CORKIN (Jane), selection. DAULT (Gary Michael), text. - Lot 73

CORKIN (Jane), selection. DAULT (Gary Michael), text. Children in Photography. 150 Years. Willowdale (Ontario), Firefly Books, 1990. Large in-4, publisher’s hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A major anthology devoted to the depiction of childhood in the history of photography, bringing together 147 photographs spanning nearly a century and a half of photographic creation, from the earliest daguerreotypes to the great contemporary masters. Curated by Jane Corkin, a renowned Canadian gallery owner, the book brings together the works of the greatest photographers who have made childhood a central subject: Julia Margaret Cameron, Lewis Carroll, Eugène Atget, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Édouard Boubat, André Kertész, W. Eugene Smith, Elliott Erwitt, Diane Arbus, Josef Koudelka, Sally Mann, and many others. Gary Michael Dault’s text places each image within its historical and aesthetic context. Together, the collection offers a sensitive exploration of the many facets of childhood—innocence, play, solitude, poverty, work, family, and war—through the evolution of the photographic gaze, from the 19th-century pioneers to contemporary humanistic and documentary photography. A beautiful reference work, richly illustrated in black-and-white and color, it has become a valued resource for collectors of photography books and historians of the image. Condition: Very good copy. Dust jacket with slight signs of wear and minor scuffing on the corners; interior in very fresh condition.