Photography : a cultural history
Marien, Mary Warner2014
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This edition examines international photography across the full range of its uses by both professionals and amateurs. It looks at the work of Roger Fenton, the rise of the constructed narrative, and how modern society envisions itself in relation to war.
Main title:
Photography : a cultural history / by Mary Warner Marien
Author:
Imprint:
London Laurence King 2014
Collation:
552 pages colour illustrations
Contents:
Pt. 1 Photography's double invention: The origins of photography (to 1839) -- The second invention of photography (1839-1854) -- Pt. 2 The expanding domain (1854-1880): Popular photography and the aims of art -- Imaging of the social world -- Science and social science -- Pt. 3 Photography and modernity (1880-1918): The great divide -- Modern life -- Pt. 4 A new vision (1918-1945): Art and the age of mass media -- Documentary expression and popular photography -- Pt. 5 Through the lens of culture (1945-1975): The human family -- The Cold War era -- Pt. 6 Convergences (1975 to the present): Globalism, technology, and social change -- The culture of critique -- Into the twenty-first century
ISBN:
9781780673325 (paperback)
Dewey class:
770.9 PHO
Local class:
770.9
Language:
English
BRN:
100226
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