Country Called California: Photographs 1850-1960

A book of fine-art photography featuring the visual history of California.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 world—all as seen through the eyes of photographers whose names are synonymous?with fine art photography: Ansel Adams, Carleton Watkins, Dorothea Lange, Eadward?Muybridge, Will Connell, Edward Weston, Max Yavno, Grant Mudford, A.C. Vroman, Mabel Watson, and many more. Author Stephen White, a longtime photography gallerist and collector, has curated the book to perfection, capturing the California that is its own country, the light that has captivated every photographer's eye.