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A Chronology of Photography: A Cultural Timeline From Camera Obscura to Instagram
Paul Lowe
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Description for A Chronology of Photography: A Cultural Timeline From Camera Obscura to Instagram
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A Chronology of Photography presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technological innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Structured around a central timeline that charts the development of photography from early experiments with optics right up to the present-day explosion of digital media, it features sumptuous reproductions of key photographs, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political and cultural events of the period in which they were taken. Special technical sections that explain how the development of new camera technology impacted the practice ... Read more
A Chronology of Photography presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technological innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Structured around a central timeline that charts the development of photography from early experiments with optics right up to the present-day explosion of digital media, it features sumptuous reproductions of key photographs, together with commentaries and contextual information about the social, political and cultural events of the period in which they were taken. Special technical sections that explain how the development of new camera technology impacted the practice ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500545034
SKU
V9780500545034
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Ref
99-3
About Paul Lowe
Paul Lowe is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in a range of publications, including Time, Newsweek, Life, the Sunday Times Magazine and the Observer. He is Course Director of the Masters programme in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
Reviews for A Chronology of Photography: A Cultural Timeline From Camera Obscura to Instagram
'An intriguing and comprehensive timeline of the medium' - Aesthetica