num_pages: 696
description: Encompasses the entire range of the photographic medium, from the camera lucida to up-to-date computer technology, and from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. The text investigates all aspects of photography - aesthetic, documentary, commercial and technical - while placing it in historical context. It includes three technical sections with detailed information about equipment and processes. This edition also updates important new international work from the 1980s and 1990s.
language: English
title: A World History of Photography
titlecomplete: A World History of Photography
genres: Art and Photography, 20th Century, Photography, History, Art History, Reference, Nonfiction, College, Art, School
ratings_count: 1456
publisher: Abbeville Press