Words and Images from the American Media

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 2015. Hardcover. As New. BW illustrated photographic boards with white lettering. 140 pp. with bw photos throughout. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Donald Blumberg Photographs: Selections from the Master Sets at Yale University Art Gallery, August to November 2015. With an introduction by Jock Reynolds. "Words and Images from the American Media gathers over 162 images that Donald Blumberg has photographed directly from newspapers and television screens since the 1960s. In his most recent work from this series, Blumberg's photographs also include closed captioning texts. This new approach (truncated) reveals numerous contemporary American cultural expressions and archetypes. Blumberg's presentation of these images is often highly humorous and darkly satirical, and at times deeply poignant. (Inventory #: 155467)