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Sandler, Martin W.
AMERICA THROUGH THE LENS : PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO CHANGED THE NATION
New York : Henry Holt, 2005.
IL 5-8
ISBN 0805073671
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Did you know that before 1839, photographs were unheard of?  Can you imagine?  But then the camera came into use but it wasn't the point and click cameras that we know today.  The cameras were very complicated to use and it took someone with great skill to take great pictures.  In this book, you'll be introduced to some of the best.  Not only did they take great pictures, they took important pictures.  Pictures that helped change the world.  Learn about Matthew Brady who brought the Civil War home to people through his work.  And Lewis Hines who spent years photographing children working in unbearable conditions to show the plight of these young workers.  And Dorothea Lange who showed the effects of the Great Depression on the citizens of the United States.
SUBJECTS:     Photographers -- United States.
                        Photography -- United States.

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