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Mothers & Daughters: An Exploration in Photographs
Mothers Daughters An Exploration in Photographs Author:Tillie Olsen, Julie Olsen Edwards, Estelle Jussim Photographs by Robert Adams, Harry Callahan, Bruce Davidson, Larry Fink, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Eudora Welty, and more — Essays by Tillie Olsen and Estelle Jussim — Prose and poetry by Sharon Olds, Adrienne Rich, Anne Sexton, Alice Walker, — and Eudora Welty — In this extraordinary volume, Mothers & Daughters: An Expl... more »oration in Photographs with essays by Tillie Olsen and Estelle Jussim, the most basic and the most mysterious of relationships -- as experienced in contemporary America -- is explored in all of its variety, nuance, and ambivalence.
Nearly ninety photographers contributed penetrating images of mothers and their daughters -- women of every shape, hue, and social station. The result is an emotional mosaic of depth and detail and also a pioneering accomplishment in the history of photography.
The photographers are joined by leading women writers and poets offering a kaleidoscopic gathering of insights and observations.« less