The Genius of Photography - Gerry Badger
How Photography Has Changed Our Lives
KORTE INHOUD
Accompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential art form, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photography. At the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photograph. What is it that makes a photograph by Nan Goldin or Henri Cartier-Bresson stand out among the millions of others taken by all of us every single day? Why are some photographs elevated to the status of art - even after the event? "The Story of Photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artistic. It brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative history. Beginning with the earliest days of the photograph in the 1840s and ending with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph, but ...
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2015Uitgever: Quadrille Publishing256 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1844006093ISBN-13: 9781844006090Koop dit boek tweedehands
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A landmark book for anyone interested in the medium. Focuses on the key events, personalities and images that have defined this artform, whilst also telling the stories behind the world's most iconic images. 'A superb history lesson, covering the various movements of the 20th century' }The Guardian
Paperback, 256 pages , ENG, 295 x 235 x 23 mm, as New ! photographs in colour / b/w. ISBN 9781844006090. [Auteur: Gerry Badger ; Jane O'Shea ; Mary Davies] [Pagina's: 256] [Uitgever: , Quadrille Publishing Limite...
Paperback, 256 pages , ENG, 295 x 235 x 23 mm, as New ! photographs in colour / b/w. ISBN 9781844006090. [Auteur: Gerry Badger ; Jane O'Shea ; Mary Davies] [Pagina's: 256] [Uitgever: , Quadrille Publishing Limite...
