The Day Is Past and Gone: Family Photographs from Eastern North Carolina

An article from Southern Cultures 17:2, The Photography Issue

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Scott L. Matthews ISBN: 9780807882498
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Scott L. Matthews
ISBN: 9780807882498
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: June 1, 2011
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

Part essay, part memory—this piece finds the perfect form to explore the pictures that might rely most for meaning on the stories that accompany them: family photos. This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of Southern Cultures: The Photography Issue."'It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.'"

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Part essay, part memory—this piece finds the perfect form to explore the pictures that might rely most for meaning on the stories that accompany them: family photos. This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of Southern Cultures: The Photography Issue."'It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.'"

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