Capturing light

the long version

"From rare daguerreotypes of gold prospectors to Edward Weston's intimate portraiture, from glamour shots of Hollywood starlets to Dorothea Lange's arresting Dust Bowl imagery, Capturing Light: Masterpieces of California Photography, 1850 to the Present offers a survey of the master photographers who have shaped the consciousness of a state - and America as a whole - for more than a century and a half. Drawn from the extensive collections of the Oakland Museum of California by curator Drew Heath Johnson, these enduring images offer a portrait as diverse as the state itself."--BOOK JACKET.