Whitney Otto
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 19
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The shutter flutters. A moment is captured forever. Walk in the shoes of eight female photographers as their experiences with feminism and creativity shape them throughout different periods of the twentieth century. These women may be different, but they share more than just a love of the camera.
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The title "A Collection of Beauties at the Height of Their Popularity" is taken from a series of woodblock prints by the eighteenth-century artist Utamaro, a master at depicting Japan's legendary Floating World, where, it is said, the patrons of the great pleasure quarters-and their escorts-devoted themselves to the pursuit of music, sex, food, poetry, theater, and fashion. Now, two hundred years later and an ocean away, the young men and women of...
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[1997]
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A love affair between a black man and a white woman early this century. In Los Angeles, budding painter Romy falls in love with Augustine, a black photographer. They move to New York, he does well, she does not. When an ex-girlfriend surfaces Romy leaves him, becoming a successful photographer in Europe. Augustine comes calling, but it is hard to reheat love gone cold. By the author of Now You See Her.