| Description |
191 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Before photography -- The invention of photography -- Portraits -- Landscapes -- Still lifes -- War photography -- Self-portraits -- The nude -- X-ray photography -- Chronophotography -- Pictorialism -- Straight photography -- color photography -- Photojournalism (Reportage) -- Surrealism -- Night photography -- Fashion photography -- Animal photography -- The photobook -- Instant photography -- Conceptual photography -- photography and painting -- Staged photography -- Humor in photography |
| Summary |
From the invention of the camera obscura to the birth of digital photography, this history of photography's greatest advances focuses on individual artists, works, and moments that decisively shaped the evolution of a genre. Chronologically arranged, each chapter focuses on a particular work or idea that changed the course of photography |
| Notes |
Translation of: Meilensteine : wie große Ideen die Fotografie veränderten |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Photography -- History.
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Photography -- Technological innovations.
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| Author |
Michael, Jane, translator, author
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| LC no. |
2012540934 |
| ISBN |
3791346695 (paperback) |
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9783791346694 (paperback) |
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9783791346724 (German edition) |
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