| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.2

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| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.2 | The History Cooperative

*Picturing Arizona: The Photographic Record of the 1930s*. Edited by Katherine G. Morrissey and Kirsten M. Jensen. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2005. xvi + 247 pp. Illustrations, appendix, notes, index. $50.00, cloth; $24.95, paper.)
One might surmise from the title that this book's engaged readership would be only persons attuned to Arizona, the Depression, and photography. Only this? Think again: indeed the title sets forth the triple focus of the nine essays within, but the whole would seem to be less than the sum of its parts. Even though it's accurate, the title suggests a much more specialized, localized, and narrower vision than the text and photographs within actually provide.	1
To tell the truth, Picturing Arizona suggests a panorama of interpretive approaches toward immigration, economics, water engineering, pre-contact Native America, the reservation system, agriculture, tourism, aesthetics, and federal government presence. Treatment of such a diverse range of subjects is neither comprehensive nor consistent, but even the weaker essays contain rich and eloquent photos that testify to individuality, artistry, and sense of style amidst an atmosphere of discrimination and hard times, as well as pride, beauty, celebrity, and the glorious desert and canyon landscapes.	. . .

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