Photography: the Whole Story

Jacket Description/Flap: Unlike many other artistic media, photography's origins are well documented, as are its ever-changing technologies and applications. Written by an international team of experts, this definitive history of photography looks at every step of the field's dynamic evolution, period by period and movement by movement. Marc Notes: This ambitious and vibrant publication leads you through the world's most iconic photographs - those innovative images that have become key reference points in our conception of ourselves and the world around us. Organized chronologically, the book traces the evolution of creative photography period by period, while detailed timelines provide historical and cultural context--; Source other than Library of Congress. Review Quotes: "[A] lively and informative analysis." --ChoiceReview Quotes: "Extensively researched and attractively produced, this guide is highly recommended for those who want to be versed on what photography actually may be, and has been." --Rangefinder Review Citations:

Choice 03/01/2013 (EAN 9783791347349, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Hacking, Juliet Juliet Hacking is the program director of the MA in Photography (Contemporary and Historical) at Sotheby s Institute of Art, London, and was previously Head of the Photographs Department at Sotheby s, London. She was the general editor of Photography: The Whole Story. Contributor Bio:  Campany, David David Campany is a writer, curator and Reader in Photography at the University of Westminster, London. His books include Art and Photography (Phaidon 2003), Photography and Cinema (Reaktion 2008), ANONYMES: l'amerique sand nom- photographies et cinema (Steidl/Le Bal, 2010) and Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (Afterall, MIT 2011). His essays have appeared in numerous books. He writes for Aperture, Frieze, Photoworks, Source, The Oxford Art Journal, and PA magazine.