Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-347) and index.
Contents
Documentarian with props : Doris Ulmann's vision of an ideal America -- Portraitist as documentarian : Dorothea Lange's depiction of American individualism -- A radical vision on film : Marion Post's portrayal of collective strength -- Of machines and people : Margaret Bourke-White's isolation of primary components -- Modernism ascendant : Berenice Abbott's perception of the evolving cityscape.