Mid 20th Century Above Yosemite Book by Robert Cameron

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Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite
Robert Cameron, Harold Gilliam
Title: Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite
Publisher: Cameron & Company
Publication Date: 1983
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Robert Cameron, Harold Gilliam
Title: Robert Cameron's Above Yosemite
Publisher: Cameron & Company
Publication Date: 1983
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Synopsis:
The nation's capitol is here celebrated with the eye of history and a elan of today's headlines. Never before have America's monuments been so dramatically and lovingly displayed, as shown by Robert Cameron's aerial views and introduction by Alistair Cooke.
About the Author:
Robert Cameron has been a photographer since 1921 when his father gave him a "Brownie" camera and encouraged him to use it. Cameron is now in his 90's and has published 16 of his "Above" books. He was a photographer for the Des Moines Register in the 1930's. Cameron learned the art of aerial photography during World War II, while shooting pictures of military installations for the War Department.

Cameron is a member of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Presidents Council of the International Center of Photography. His work has been exhibited in Paris at La Bibliotheque Historique and the Foundation Mona Bismarck. In New York at the International Center of Photography, the New York City Municipal Arts Foundation. In San Francisco at the Vision Gallery, City Hall and the Pacific Center for Photographic Arts. In Chicago's O'Hare airport. In China at the New Gallery of Art in Shanghai and at the Forbidden City. See less