In American Children sixty photographs from the collection of The Museum of Modern Art provide a historical survey of the changing concept of childhood as reflected in American photography from the middle of the nineteenth century to 1978. Photographers whose work is represented in the book include Diane Arbus, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Lewis Hine, Gertrude Kasebier, Jacob Riis, Edward Weston, and Clarence White, among others. Published to accompany an exhibition at the MoMA. 80 pages; 60 b&w plates; 9.75 x 8.75 inches.
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