Looking for the Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott
Looking for the Light: The Hidden Life and Art of Marion Post Wolcott
Working for the Farm Security Administration, Marion Post Wolcott traveled across Depression-ravaged America contributing to an incomparable documentary record and photographic legacy. Magnificently illustrated with more than 75 Wolcott photographs, here is a long-overdue celebration of one of the most brilliant photographers of the 20th century.
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- Alfred A. Knopf
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Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award for BiographyShortlistedMajor(1992)
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- The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War (2015)0 wins · 4 score
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