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The Intimate Frontier: Friendship and Civil Society in Northern New Spain by Ignacio Martínez (review)

The Intimate Frontier: Friendship and Civil Society in Northern New Spain by Ignacio Martínez... 88 Southwestern Historical Quarterly July and they migrated to Texas separately over the course of the 1880s. David, the oldest of the three brothers, learned photography from his future father-in-law, a cousin of the famed circus producer P. T. Barnum. When he opened his studio in Fort Worth in 1884, he had already made a name for himself in Texas as a traveling photographer. Brothers John and Charles arrived later that decade, each of them learning photography from David, then subsequently opening their own studios. Selcer weaves an engaging narrative of their lives, expertly noting artistic and technological changes in photography that influenced their work. The bulk of the book consists of photographs taken by the three brothers, and Selcer organizes their output into four sections: People, Places, Events, and Postcards. Each photograph is accompanied by a detailed caption providing essential information about the subject and, when appropriate, commentary on the style and artistic approach taken by the photographer. One notable aspect of their careers is the brothers’ willingness to photograph all paying customers regardless of the common bigotry of the time. Selcer notes, for example, that unlike most of his competitors across the region (excluding his brothers), John http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Southwest Center (Univ of Arizona)

The Intimate Frontier: Friendship and Civil Society in Northern New Spain by Ignacio Martínez (review)

Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 124 (1) – Jul 3, 2020

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Southwest Center (Univ of Arizona)
Copyright
Copyright © The Texas State Historical Association.
ISSN
0038-478x
eISSN
1558-9560

Abstract

88 Southwestern Historical Quarterly July and they migrated to Texas separately over the course of the 1880s. David, the oldest of the three brothers, learned photography from his future father-in-law, a cousin of the famed circus producer P. T. Barnum. When he opened his studio in Fort Worth in 1884, he had already made a name for himself in Texas as a traveling photographer. Brothers John and Charles arrived later that decade, each of them learning photography from David, then subsequently opening their own studios. Selcer weaves an engaging narrative of their lives, expertly noting artistic and technological changes in photography that influenced their work. The bulk of the book consists of photographs taken by the three brothers, and Selcer organizes their output into four sections: People, Places, Events, and Postcards. Each photograph is accompanied by a detailed caption providing essential information about the subject and, when appropriate, commentary on the style and artistic approach taken by the photographer. One notable aspect of their careers is the brothers’ willingness to photograph all paying customers regardless of the common bigotry of the time. Selcer notes, for example, that unlike most of his competitors across the region (excluding his brothers), John

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Published: Jul 3, 2020

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