| Description |
xvi, 191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
From photo-graphy to photography : 500 B.C. to 1840 A.D. -- Photography : inventions, problems, and solutions--1840s to 1990s -- Camera and canvas--the alliance between painters and photographers -- Social documents--photography and social culture -- Landscape and nature -- Portraiture -- Photojournalism -- Alfred Stieglitz and the photo-secession -- Farm Security Administration (FSA) -- Form and design -- Photography and combat -- Manipulation |
| Summary |
Explores the people, technology and imagery that have made photography such a tremendous force in modern culture--Cover |
| Analysis |
Photography History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index |
| Subject |
Photography -- History.
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| LC no. |
90046561 |
| ISBN |
0240800419 |
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