Photography: A Cultural History

Incorporating the latest research and worldwide uses of photography, this book surveys the history of art photography in such a way that readers can gauge the medium's long-term multifold developments and see the historical and intellectual contexts in which photographers lived and worked. It also provides a contemporary focus on electronic media and photography's' place in it. A chronological presentation covers: The Origins of Photography (to 1839), The Second Invention of Photography (1839-1854), The Expanding Domain (1855-1880), Photography in the Modern Age (1880-1918), A New Vision (1919-1945), Through the Lens of Culture (1945-75), and Convergences (1975-2000). For individuals interested in photography—and its history.