In Focus: Carleton Watkins: Photographs from the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Peter Palmquist (Introduction), John Walsh (Foreword), Carleton E. Watkins (Photographer)

Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916) is best remembered for his large-format photographs of the American West, especially those taken in Yosemite. This new volume, the latest in the popular In Focus series, is devoted to some of his smaller and unusually shaped works, including stereographs,
albumen prints, and cabinet and boudoir cards--most of which have never before been published.

The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of Watkins's photographs consists of 1464 pictures, making him the best-represented nineteenth-century photographer in the collection. Presented here are more than fifty of these photographs, along with commentary on each image by Peter Palmquist. The book also
offers a chronological overview of the artist's life and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career.

144 pages, Paperback

First published July 10, 1997

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Watkins was the big Yosemite photographer back in the nineteenth century. Check out this book for high quality reproductions of his work, which is then put in context. There's also a great picture of the Columbia River. I'm really enjoying this In Focus series.