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When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress
When They Were Young A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood from the Library of Congress Author:Robert Coles FOR THE FIRST TIME, the Library of Congress presents a collection of touching and timeless photographs of children from its extraordinary photographic archive. Married with heartfelt prose by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles and a foreword by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, "When They Were Young" is a beautifully illustrate... more »d portrayal of early life and the legacies that live on from coming of age. It is a ribute to the hope and despair, the grace and indignity, the playfulness and burden of childhood, and through example, also offers us a better understanding of our own lives. "When They Were Young" reveals that the experience of childhood is connected across time through a broad presentation of eloquent images. Spanning the history of photography from the daguerreotype to documentary, each tritone image in this volume is illustrated on a full page. Works by internationally renowned photographers such as Edward Curtis and Dorothea Lange are included. The companion exhibition, When They Were Young: A Photographic Retrospective of Childhood opened in Fall 2002 in the Library's Jefferson Building. 78 full page tritone photographs / 160 pages« less