A Country Called California: Photographs 1850–1960

A Country Called California: Photographs 1850–1960A book of fine art photography featuring the visual history of California. 2022 BRONZE Winner for Photography, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards A Country Called California traces the development of the Golden State from the nineteenth century on, through to its emergence as the fifth largest economy in the worldall as seen through the eyes of photographers whose names are synonymous with fine art photography: Carleton E. Watkins, Dorothea

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