{"product_id":"9783869303093","title":"Joel Sternfeld: First Pictures","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book of Joel Sternfeld's largely unseen early color photographs. In 1969 Sternfeld began working with a 35-mm camera and Kodachrome film, and First Pictures contains works from this time until 1980. Here Sternfeld develops traits that appear in his mature work: irony, a politicized view of America, concern for the social condition. But there are also pictures that bear little relation to his later work: color arrangements that parallel those of Eggleston, as well as street photography which Sternfeld ceased making in 1976. The photographs in \u003ci\u003eFirst Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e were made at a time when color photography was struggling to assert itself against the authoritative black-and-white tradition, making this book a revelation both in Sternfeld's oeuvre and in the history of contemporary photography.\u003cbr\u003eA major figure in the photography world, \u003cb\u003eJoel Sternfeld\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City in 1944. He has received numerous awards including two Guggenheim fellowships, a Prix de Rome and the Citibank Photography Award. Sternfeld's books published by Steidl include \u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospects\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eSweet Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and \u003ci\u003eOxbow Archive\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steidl, Gerhard Druckerei und Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052589498608,"sku":"9783869303093","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783869303093_p0.jpg?v=1763701196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783869303093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}