Cook, George S. Photographer... Under Fire: The Story of George S. Cook by Jack C. Ramsey, Jr. Signed Copy black cloth with sepia toned

black cloth with sepia toned photo of Bourke-White on cover

purely literal documentation common in traditional architectural photography

Newhall charts this trajectory from the hand-tinted plates of the 19th century and the painterly Autochrome prints of the early 1900s to the bold

but essential witnesses to a world on the brink of modern transformation

Cook, George S. Photographer... Under Fire: The Story of George S. Cook by Jack C. Ramsey, Jr. Signed Copy black cloth with sepia tonedHistorical Resources Press, 1994. Limited edition; Copy #717 of 1,000. Double signed and inscribed to Gerry. Based during the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina, Cook has been called, The Mathew Brady of the South." Fine hardcover with dust jacket. Note: On February 23, 1819, George S. Cook was born in Stratford, Connecticut. Orphaned as an infant, Cook was brought up by his maternal grandmother in Newark, New Jersey. Beginning at age 14, he