WOMEN AND THE MACHINE

"Perspectives on the Escalator in Photography and Art"

Artists, photographers, and advertisers during the past hundred years have celebrated the new visual perspectives,improvement in transportation, and increased department store sales prompted by newly-developed escalator designs. Catalogue essay appears in UP, DOWN, ACROSS: ESCALATORS, ELEVATORS, AND MOVING SIDEWALKS (Washington, D.C.: National
Building Museum/Merrell Pub. Co., 2003).

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Fort Schuyler Press

SELECTED WORKS by Julie Wosk

BOOK

Alluring Androids, Robot Women, and Electronic Eves
New Book on Images of Artificial Women in Film, Photography, Art, Anime, Videogames and more.

Women and the Machine: Representations From the Spinning Wheel to the Electronic Age
Artists and photographers, advertisers and writers reveal the impact of new technologies on women's lives.

Breaking Frame: Technology and the Visual Arts in the Nineteenth Century
Nineteenth-century artists and designers capture the dramatic and often traumatic impact of new machines and technologies on American and European society.

Books and Articles

SELECT PUBLICATIONS 1980-2008
Publications on Art, Technology, and Design

Essay in Museum Catalog

"Perspectives on the Escalator in Photography and Art"
Essay for UP DOWN ACROSS ( National Building Museum Exhibit on Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks

Journal article

"Photographing Devastation: Three New York Photography Exhibits of 11 September 2001"