Ken Connor and Debra Heimerdinger, Horace Bristol, an American View. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996. First edition paperback with illustrated French style wrappers, 144 pp. 28 x 23,2 cm. A near fine copy containing over 100 duotone images.
- Early Years: Architecture, Oil Fields, Street Scenes
- Magazine Work: Industry, Bali
- The Grapes of Wrath
- World War II: Invasion of North Africa, The Aleutians, Rescue at Rabaul
- Japan and Southeast Asia: Post-War Japan, Traditional Japan, Southeast Asia
This first major publication of Horace Bristol’s work. In the tradition of the great humanist photojournalists like Alfred Eisenstadt and Dorothea Lange, Bristol recorded human, intimate moments: from poignant images of migrant farm workers during the Depression (his photographs inspired Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath) to compelling portraits of post-war Japan and Southeast Asia. Like Eisenstadt, Bristol was a staff photographer for Life magazine.