Midcentury Memories : The Anonymous Project (2019)

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Lee Shulman Taschen 2019 280pp FIRST EDITION. Large format hardback. Very good condition. A collection of unique colour slide photos providing an intimate glimpse into how people documented their lives in the middle of the 20th century. Please note that as the weight of this volume exceeds 2kg it will be shipped via courier. Rewind back to the midcentury, before the age of Instagram and Snapchat, where people were using 35mm cameras loaded with color film to document both monumental and mundane moments in their lives. They took pictures of their loved ones, their vacations, their celebrations. They memorialized the births of babies; a child in a cowboy outfit; a new color television set; sightseeing in National Parks; fishing trips; lazing on the beach; weddings; office parties; family reunions; holding hands, kissing and dancing. Imagining these lives and the possible stories that lie behind the images is what makes The Anonymous Project such a compelling journey into our past. The

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