The history of photography : an overview /

First published in 1991, The History of Photography explores the people, technology, and imagery that have made photography such a tremendous force in modern culture. As technology has improved, the level to which society depends upon photography increases. Over the past 150 years, photographers and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davenport, Alma
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albuquqerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1999.
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Table of 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.