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A. D. Coleman

Author of Light readings : a photography critic's writings, 1968-1978

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Includes the names: A. D. Coleman, Allan D. Coleman

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Works by A. D. Coleman

Light readings : a photography critic's writings, 1968-1978 (1979) 53 copies

Critical Focus: Photography in the International Image Community (1995) 27 copies

The grotesque in photography (1977) 26 copies

Depth of Field: Essays on Photographs, Lens Culture, and Mass Media (1998) 20 copies

The Digital Evolution: Visual Communication in the Electronic Age : Essays, Lectures and Interviews 1967-1998 (1998) 19 copies

Tarnished Silver: After the Photo Boom: Essays on Photography and Related Matters 1979-1989 (1996) 15 copies

The Social Scene, The Ralph R. Parsons Foundation, Photography Collection (2000) 15 copies

Light Work : photography over the 70's and 80's : a retrospective exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse,… (1985) 3 copies

Lee/Model/Parks/Samaras/Turner: Five interviews before the fact 3 copies

Edward Steichen (2007) 3 copies

Bill Armstrong: Apparition (2005) 2 copies

Confirmation (1975) 2 copies

Masumi Hayashi, Meditations (2007) 2 copies, 1 review

The Digital Revolution 1 copy

Exodus from Austria: Emigration of Austrian Photographers 1920-1940 (1998) 1 copy

Man Ray: Photographs, 1920-1934 (1975) 1 copy

Eight Photographs: Leslie Krims (1970) 1 copy

Photofusion 1 copy

Like father, like son : new and selected poems 1 copy

Associated Works

Portraits from North American Indian Life (1972) — Introduction, some editions — 217 copies, 3 reviews

Icons of Photography: The 20th Century (1999) — Contributor — 110 copies

Manuel Alvarez Bravo (Aperture Masters of Photography) (1987) 99 copies, 2 reviews

American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen (2014) — Contributor — 87 copies, 2 reviews

Dorothea Lange: The Heart and Mind of a Photographer (2002) — Contributor — 49 copies, 1 review

Dawoud Bey: Portraits 1975-1995 (1995) — Contributor — 24 copies

Paterson II (2006) — Introduction — 19 copies

Bernatzik : South Pacific (2008) — Introduction, some editions — 10 copies

Wynn Bullock: Color Light Abstractions (2010) — Contributor — 2 copies

藏傳佛教 = Buddhism in Tibet (2008) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Coleman, A. D.
Legal name: Coleman, Allan Douglass
Birthdate: 1943-12-19
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Education: Hunter College (BA|1964)
Occupations: photo critic
curator
Organizations: New York Times

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Masumi Hayashi, Meditations by A D Coleman

catalog from Cleveland State's part of Hayashi retrospective. Masumi Hayashi, an art professor at CSU, was murdered in mid-career in fall 2006.

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Works: 19
Also by: 10
Members: 196
Popularity: #111,885
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 15
Languages: 1

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