In Focus: Carleton Watkins

$19.95 at The Getty Museum.

Peter E. Palmquist Among his well-known photographs of the American West, Carleton Watkins (1829–1916) is best remembered for his large-format outdoor photographs, especially those taken in Yosemite. This volume is devoted to some of his smaller and unusually shaped works, including stereographs, albumen prints, and cabinet and boudoir cards―most of which have never before been published. The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of Watkins's photographs consists of 1,464 pictures, making him the best-represented…