A Cold War tourist and his camera / Martha Langford and John Langford.

ISBN:

9780773590779

Title:

Author:

Langford, Martha.

Personal Author:

Langford, Martha.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 195 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Contents:

Setting up the screen : introduction -- Northern outposts and the heart of empire : the North American tour -- Unwilling Cold War players : the African tour -- Closing with the enemy : the European tour -- Lights! : conclusion.

Personal Subject:

Langford, James Warren, 1919-1997-Travel-Europe.

Langford, James Warren, 1919-1997-Travel-Africa.

Langford, James Warren, 1919-1997-Voyages-Europe.

Langford, James Warren, 1919-1997-Voyages-Afrique.

Subject Term:

Cold War -- Pictorial works.

Photography, Military.

Vernacular photography.

Military bases -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.

Cold War -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Canada.

Cold War.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- Pictorial works.

Africa -- Pictorial works.

Canada -- Military relations -- United States.

United States -- Military relations -- Canada.

Canada -- Relations militaires -- États-Unis.

États-Unis -- Relations militaires -- Canada.

Europe -- Ouvrages illustrés.

Afrique -- Ouvrages illustrés.

Added Author:

Langford, John W.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2011

Publication Information:

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Summary

Cold War-era imagery is defined by the striking contrast between the ideal of the nuclear family and the nightmare of nuclear annihilation. In 1963, Warren Langford, a Second World War air force veteran and career public servant, travelled through Europe, North America, and Africa as part of the National Defence College's curriculum of Cold War training. Langford, never before much interested in photography, bought a camera and produced some 200 slides of his travels. In A Cold War Tourist and His Camera, his art historian daughter and political scientist son bring his photographs - an unexpected combination of iconic images of Cold War dangers and touristic snapshots - back into view.

Author Notes

Langford Martha :

Martha Langford is research chair and director of the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art at Concordia University and author of Suspended Conversations: The Afterlife of Memory in Photographic Albums.

Martha Langford holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Art History and is the author of Suspended Conversations: The Afterlife of Memory in Photographic Albums and Scissors, Paper, Stone: Expressions of Memory in Contemporary Photographic Art.

John Langford is a professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria and is the author or co-author of numerous books and articles on administrative reform and public sector ethics.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Warren Langford's photos made during the height of the Cold War era (1963) are a unique combination of tourist snapshots and historical documents. He traveled with his camera throughout Europe, North America, and Africa as part of training for Canada's National Defense College, and his full-color slides give us a glimpse into a world that few were allowed to see. Challenging our preconceptions of what life looked liked during that turbulent era, Langford's subjects-a donkey in Morocco, a bride in a Venetian gondola, and Egypt's pyramids-are all photographed in the same way, from a tourist's point of view, and portray the world as colorful and untroubled, rather than the serious monochrome images we associate with this period. Only the photographs taken in Berlin hint at a darker reality. The photos are organized geographically, from Langford's North American to African to European tour. An essay placing the photos within the larger historical context accompanies each chapter. The collection was curated by his children, Martha, an art history professor at Concordia University, and John, a political scientist at the University of Victoria. VERDICT Recommended for history buffs.-Shauna Frischkorn, Millersville Univ., PA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.