Publication

2006-06-02 - Prentice Hall

Language

English

Word Count

140,000 words, Guess

Page Count

560 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006041653
  • LibraryThing108915
  • Goodreads537631

Classifications

  • LCCTR15 .M273 2006
  • LCCTR15 .M273 2002
  • DDC770.9

Description

"Organized into chronological timeframes of approximately fifteen to forty years, each chapter examines photography through the lenses of art, science, social science, travel, war, fashion, the mass media, and individual practitioners. Alongside these broad topics, the author seamlessly leads the reader through the most significant themes particular to the medium, including the nature of invention, the effect of mass media on morality, the use of imagery as a tool of Western colonialism, and the role of the photograph in advertising, radical politics, and family life."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

Photography was presented to the world on August 19, 1839, at a joint meeting of the Academy of Science and the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris.

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  • Photography: A Cultural History (2nd Edition)Prentice Hall2006-06-02
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