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"The incredible Hoban brings her unique eye and mind to another sequence of 28 splendid photos, subtly pairing them to explore concepts, designs, and colors as well as subjects....Intelligence and skill inform every exquisitely composed page."--Kirkus Reviews.
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Photographs present objects and scenes from different perspectives, some viewed from below and some from above.
Author Notes
Tana Hoban was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has also lived in Holland and England. Hoban graduated from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia in 1938, and painted in Europe as a recipient of the John Frederick Lewis Fellowship. When she returned to Philadelphia, she worked as a free-lance advertising artist and magazine illustrator. By 1950 her work was included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and in 1953 she was the only woman mentioned in a Time magazine portfolio on "Half a Century of U.S. Photography." In 1959 she was named one of the Top Ten Women Photographers by the Professional Photographers of America.
Hoban worked as an instructor in photography at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1968. In 1967 she produced and filmed Catsup, an award-winning film which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. By 1955, she had written a book on photographing children, and in 1970 she combined her skills as a photographer with her interest in children to produce her first juvenile picture book, Shapes and Things. In 1973, Hoban served as project photographer for Beginning Concepts, a series of sound filmstrips produced by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. From 1974 to 1976 she taught photography at New York University.
As of 1990, five of her books had been listed as ALA Notables. She has received awards for her entire body of work three separate times. In 1991, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from her alma mater, the Moore College of Art. Her works are included in the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, among other collections in both the United States and France.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Tana Hoban was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has also lived in Holland and England. Hoban graduated from Moore College of Art in Philadelphia in 1938, and painted in Europe as a recipient of the John Frederick Lewis Fellowship. When she returned to Philadelphia, she worked as a free-lance advertising artist and magazine illustrator. By 1950 her work was included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and in 1953 she was the only woman mentioned in a Time magazine portfolio on "Half a Century of U.S. Photography." In 1959 she was named one of the Top Ten Women Photographers by the Professional Photographers of America.
Hoban worked as an instructor in photography at the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania from 1966 to 1968. In 1967 she produced and filmed Catsup, an award-winning film which was shown at the Venice Film Festival. By 1955, she had written a book on photographing children, and in 1970 she combined her skills as a photographer with her interest in children to produce her first juvenile picture book, Shapes and Things. In 1973, Hoban served as project photographer for Beginning Concepts, a series of sound filmstrips produced by Scholastic Magazines, Inc. From 1974 to 1976 she taught photography at New York University.
As of 1990, five of her books had been listed as ALA Notables. She has received awards for her entire body of work three separate times. In 1991, she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from her alma mater, the Moore College of Art. Her works are included in the Kerlan Collection at the University of Minnesota and the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, among other collections in both the United States and France.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (8)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-- Another first-rate concept book by Hoban. This one features full-color photographs taken from different perspectives, encouraging viewers to determine if they are looking up or down. Some are a cinch; others require careful observation. In a few cases, it'll take readers some time to figure out what they're looking at, even though they'll be certain of the perspective. The two large, vivid photos on each double-page spread are related in content (for example, a martin house and the imprint of birds' feet on sand) or in composition (the radiating spiral of a snail's shell and the pattern of an open umbrella). This connection between pictures gives observers even more food for thought. For this reason, the book will challenge primary graders as well as preschoolers. --Linda Wicher, Highland Park Public Library, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Though lacking the variety of intellectual demands typical of most of Hoban's books, this collection of uncaptioned photographs of objects that one sees when looking either up or down will still intrigue children and stimulate some discussion. From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The incredible Hoban brings her unique eye and mind to another sequence of 28 splendid photos, subtly pairing them to explore concepts, designs, and colors as well as (almost incidentally) subjects. Look up at the swirling canopy of a sycamore or down at a circular grill that might surround its trunk; up at a vertiginous skyscraper, its sharp verticals gleaming against a blue sky, or down at a quiet park's soft treetops, silhouetted against the blue of snow at twilight; down at a rainbow oil slick or at a goldfish swimming over a muddy submerged tire. The final photo is another witty self-portrait (cf. Shadows and Reflections, 1990): Hoban's shadow, elbows akimbo to hold her camera. Intelligence and skill inform every exquisitely composed page; no words used, or needed. (Picture book. 2+)
Booklist Review
Ages 3-5. Hoban again focuses her camera lens to show readers new perspectives on the world above and below them. Her discerning eye catches a rainbow in a pavement oil slick, sees a still life in a gutter filled with dried leaves, ponders the depth of a sidewalk trash can, and composes an abstract from birds perched on wires. Hoban's ability to capture the speed of an aerialist, the mystery in a clouded sun, the peace of a snow-filled park, and the humor of disembodied legs, as seen from under bleachers, takes exploring spatial relationships to a higher level. Through her camera, common images from daily urban life are delightfully transformed. (Reviewed Apr. 15, 1992)0688105777Linda Callaghan
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-- Another first-rate concept book by Hoban. This one features full-color photographs taken from different perspectives, encouraging viewers to determine if they are looking up or down. Some are a cinch; others require careful observation. In a few cases, it'll take readers some time to figure out what they're looking at, even though they'll be certain of the perspective. The two large, vivid photos on each double-page spread are related in content (for example, a martin house and the imprint of birds' feet on sand) or in composition (the radiating spiral of a snail's shell and the pattern of an open umbrella). This connection between pictures gives observers even more food for thought. For this reason, the book will challenge primary graders as well as preschoolers. --Linda Wicher, Highland Park Public Library, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Though lacking the variety of intellectual demands typical of most of Hoban's books, this collection of uncaptioned photographs of objects that one sees when looking either up or down will still intrigue children and stimulate some discussion. From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
The incredible Hoban brings her unique eye and mind to another sequence of 28 splendid photos, subtly pairing them to explore concepts, designs, and colors as well as (almost incidentally) subjects. Look up at the swirling canopy of a sycamore or down at a circular grill that might surround its trunk; up at a vertiginous skyscraper, its sharp verticals gleaming against a blue sky, or down at a quiet park's soft treetops, silhouetted against the blue of snow at twilight; down at a rainbow oil slick or at a goldfish swimming over a muddy submerged tire. The final photo is another witty self-portrait (cf. Shadows and Reflections, 1990): Hoban's shadow, elbows akimbo to hold her camera. Intelligence and skill inform every exquisitely composed page; no words used, or needed. (Picture book. 2+)
Booklist Review
Ages 3-5. Hoban again focuses her camera lens to show readers new perspectives on the world above and below them. Her discerning eye catches a rainbow in a pavement oil slick, sees a still life in a gutter filled with dried leaves, ponders the depth of a sidewalk trash can, and composes an abstract from birds perched on wires. Hoban's ability to capture the speed of an aerialist, the mystery in a clouded sun, the peace of a snow-filled park, and the humor of disembodied legs, as seen from under bleachers, takes exploring spatial relationships to a higher level. Through her camera, common images from daily urban life are delightfully transformed. (Reviewed Apr. 15, 1992)0688105777Linda Callaghan