The Teddy Bear Project.
Author | : Ydessa Hendeles |
Publisher | : Walther Konig Verlag |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
ISBN-13 | : 388375756X |
ISBN-10 | : 9783883757568 |
Rating | : 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Teddy Bear Project. written by Ydessa Hendeles and published by Walther Konig Verlag. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The teddy bear is thought to have originated in 1902, when a cartoon of President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to shoot a baby bear appeared in "The Washington Post," Since then, it has become the familiar stuffed toy of every child, a collectible object, and a container of historical, emotional, and sentimental information. Over a period of many years, the Canadian art collector Ydessa Hendeles has bought, via Internet auction, photos in which teddy bears are featured: snapshots, studio and group portraits, and photos of events and sports contests. Often the teddy bear is only marginally visible; nevertheless, through them, these two luxurious volumes show--on more than 1500 typologically organized pages, most of them in color--a fascinating visual story of 20th-century life. "The Teddy Bear Project" offers an amusing, often thought-provoking cultural history of photography, in which the parallel course of idyllic and civil life is just as present as are atrocity, war, persecution, and expulsion.