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Ivan Dmitri (1900–1968)

Auteur de Flight to Everywhere

8+ oeuvres 55 utilisateurs 2 critiques

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Comprend les noms: Levon West, Ivan Dimitri

Œuvres de Ivan Dmitri

Flight to Everywhere (1944) 26 exemplaires
Kodachrome and How to Use It (1940) 11 exemplaires
Color in Photography (1939) 8 exemplaires
Making an Etching (1932) 5 exemplaires

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photography of the Air Transport Command -- a 32,000 mile journey in which an ace photographer has preserved in color (150 of them) and in half tone (300) -- the men, the bases, from the Arctic to the African desert, the varied phases of life and activities, of work hours and leisure time. Furthermore, the text is vivid and essentially readable, informative to some degree, and with an anecdotal quality that makes the pictures more meaningful.
First published in 1944, this is the first part of a stunning book that provides an in-depth look at the far-flung operations of the Air Transport Command and Army Air Forces, and provides a valuable contribution to the understanding of America’s heroic air accomplishments.

Richly illustrated throughout with photographs and sketches by Ivan Dmitri. A renowned U.S. artist and colour photography pioneer, Dmitri produced the first ever color photograph gracing the cover of the Saturday Evening Post’s edition dated May 29, 1937, and his second cover in 1944, depicting his photo of General ‘Hap’ Arnold with B-17’s flying overhead, proved so popular that the United States used the photo image to print a very rare World War II war effort poster.
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MasseyLibrary | Mar 1, 2018 |
This book, produced in the early years of Kodachrome, emphasizes use of the 35mm camera in the text because, "...the miniature is the most flexible and popular of all modern cameras." Notable from this distance in time are the well reproduced, well preserved extensive gallery of color photographs. Produced by the author and such other notable photographers of the time as Steichen and Toni Fressell, they are an excellent indication of the taste, styles, and best vision of media photography in the 1930's… (plus d'informations)
 
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j-b-colson | Sep 21, 2012 |

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Œuvres
8
Aussi par
1
Membres
55
Popularité
#295,340
Évaluation
½ 4.5
Critiques
2
ISBN
6

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