Stephen C Petersen

Molecular Ecology, 2nd Edition provides an accessible introduction to the many diverse aspects of this subject. The book takes a logical and progressive approach to uniting examples from a wide range of taxonomic groups. The straightforward writing style offers in depth analysis whilst making often ...

This catalog opens with an essay by Stephen Petersen on Andy Warhol's ongoing experimentation with "instant" photography made possible by the development of the popular Polaroid "Big Shot" camera and other "point-and-shoot" camera's in the 1970s. Petersen also discusses more than sixty images, inclu...

“In the Space Age,” wrote Italian artist Lucio Fontana, “spatial art.” Fontana’s desire to create art in space came in response to unprecedented technological advances and contemporary fantasies of space travel. Fifteen years before Andy Warhol said he wanted to be as much a part of his times as roc...

Gertrude Käsebier was both an artistic and a professional pioneer. In 1899, Alfred Stieglitz called her "beyond dispute the leading portrait photographer in the country," and he made her a founding member of his Photo-Secession movement, featuring her work prominently in his publications and exhibit...