America and the Tintype
- ISBN-10
- 3865216862
- ISBN-13
- 9783865216861
- Category
- Photography
- Pages
- 267
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Steidl / Edition7L
- Authors
- Karen Halttunen, Steven Kasher, Brian Wallis
Description
By Steven kasher, with contributions by Geoffrey Batchen and Karen Halttunen.
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