The "Matter of Facts" Concept: The core thematic thread explores a distinct tension between objective realism and artistic construction
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globalized socio-political concerns
while also highlighting the mid-70s shift toward publicly funded art that prioritized community engagement over gallery elitism
The volume features a foreword by Newhall's close friend and peer
Photography in the Fine Arts. Museum Directors' Selections for the 1965 New York World’s Fair Exhibition by Ivan Dmitri. Signed Copy The "Matter of Facts" Concept:PFA, 1965. Catalog for New York World's Fair PFA exhibit at Kodak pavillion. Includes portraits by Yousuf Karsh and of Karsh by Ivan Dmitri, checklist of 139 pictures by 106 photographers, 20 other illustrations. Photographs by Karsh of directors of numerous museums as well as images by Arnold Newman, Bill Brandt, John Brook, Irving Penn, Elsbeth Siegrist, Zdenek Vozenilek, Walter Wissenbach, Elliott Erwitt, Brett Weston, W. Eugene Smith, Avedon and