Plowden, David

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PLOWDEN, David

PLOWDEN, David. American, b. 1932. Genres: History, Photography. Career: Writer and photographer, 1962-. Visiting Associate Professor, 1978- 80, and Associate Professor, 1980-86, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago; Lecturer, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1985-88; Visiting Professor, Grand Valley State University, 1988-90, 1991-; Artist-in-Residence and Sr. Fellow of Institute for Publication Design, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, University of Baltimore, 1991. Publications: (all self-illustrated) Farewell to Steam, 1966; (ed.) Lincoln and His America 1809-1865, 1970; The Hand of Man on America, 1971; The Floor of the Sky: The Great Plains, 1972; Commonplace, 1974; Bridges: The Spans of North America, 1974, rev. ed., 2002; Tugboat, 1976; Steel, 1981; An American Chronology: Photographs of David Plowden, 1982; Industrial Landscape, 1985; A Time of Trains, 1987; A Sense of Place, 1988; End of an Era: The Last of the Great Lakes Steamboats, 1992; Small Town America, 1994; Imprints: The Photographs of David Plowden, 1997; David Plowden: The American Barn, 2003. Address: 609 Cherry St, Winnetka, IL 60093, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]