The book of photography : the history, the technique, the art, the future
Hoy, Anne H.2005
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Traces technical discoveries and aesthetic developments alike and shows how amateurs and professionals have focused on every field of endeavor: art and architecture, portraiture, journalism, advertising and fashion, scientific research, and more.
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Washington National Geographic 2005
Collation:
447 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Ch. 1. Architecture & still lifeSidebar : photogenic drawings - foundations of photographyCh. 2. PortraitureSidebar : daguerreotypes - the birth of mass photographyCh. 3. ExplorationSidebar : stereo photography - a vision of depthCh. 4. PhotojournalismSidebar : flash photography - beyond natural lightCh. 5. Pictorialism & earlier artSidebar : autochromes - painting with lightCh. 6. Early 20th-century artSidebar : kodachrome - vibrant, lasting colorCh. 7. Art photography since World War IISidebar : the polaroid system - images while you waitCh. 8. Fashion & advertisingSidebar : digital photography - a revolution in imageryCh. 9. Photography & scienceSidebar : X-ray imaging - seeing beneath the surface.
ISBN:
0792236939 (hbk)
Dewey class:
770 BOO
Local class:
770
Language:
English
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BRN:
44741
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