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Photobooth by Babbette Hines (2002, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPrinceton Architectural Press
ISBN-101568983816
ISBN-139781568983813
eBay Product ID (ePID)2250322
Product Key Features
Book TitlePhotobooth
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSubjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies
Publication Year2002
IllustratorYes
GenrePhotography
AuthorBabbette Hines
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-009019
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal779/.2
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
SynopsisIn 1925 the Siberian immigrant Anatol Josepho had an idea for a small curtain-enclosed booth where people could take affordable portraits anonymously and automatically. The photobooth was born. Within 20 years there were more than 30,000 in the United States alone, an explosive growth due largely to World War II, as soldiers and loved ones exchanged photos, hoping to cling to memories or moments in a world turned upside down. But by the 1960s the advent of Polaroid photography spelled the doom of the "four strip" that had become a fixture at arcades and drugstores everywhere. The recent resurgence of photo sticker machines has recaptured the fun and intimacy of the photobooth. With no photographer to please, people are at liberty to be whoever they like: brave or sexy, cocksure or wise, without fear of censure or ridicule. Free in the certainty of their solitude, families, couples young and old, best friends, and individual after individual have presented to the camera both real and imagined selves for three-quarters of a century.Photobooth presents over 700 such photographs from the last 75 years, images at turns spontaneous and uninhibited, often goofy, and occasionally touching. It is a fascinating portrait of everyday people and a testament to the ongoing fascination with both the process and the result., In 1925 the Siberian immigrant Anatol Josepho had an idea for a small curtain-enclosed booth where people could take affordable portraits anonymously and automatically. The photobooth was born. Within 20 years there were more than 30,000 in the United States alone, an explosive growth due largely to World War II, as soldiers and loved ones exchanged photos, hoping to cling to memories or moments in a world turned upside down. But by the 1960s the advent of Polaroid photography spelled the doom of the "four strip" that had become a fixture at arcades and drugstores everywhere. The recent resurgence of photo sticker machines has recaptured the fun and intimacy of the photobooth. With no photographer to please, people are at liberty to be whoever they like: brave or sexy, cocksure or wise, without fear of censure or ridicule. Free in the certainty of their solitude, families, couples young and old, best friends, and individual after individual have presented to the camera both real and imagined selves for three-quarters of a century. Photobooth presents over 700 such photographs from the last 75 years, images at turns spontaneous and uninhibited, often goofy, and occasionally touching. It is a fascinating portrait of everyday people and a testament to the ongoing fascination with both the process and the result.
LC Classification NumberTR680.H56 2002
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- 25 Nov, 2020
So many faces!
I bought this but book because I am fascinated by the differences as well as similarities of people who entered a photo booth. Since I am a collegiate many of these photos will be cut out and used in my art practice.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 29 Nov, 2018
Good
Well done, entertaining and worth sliding on the shelf and relooking again!! Thanks=Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
