num_pages: 464
description: This book provides a unique overview of the origins of professional photography in Paris during the Second Empire and its transformation from a novel curiosity to a vital part of the urban environment. McCauley profiles the people who became commercial photographers, explains the business of photography, and uncovers the social, political, and psychological needs that different types of photography satisfied.
language: English
title: Industrial Madness: Commercial Photography in Paris, 1848-1871
titlecomplete: Industrial Madness: Commercial Photography in Paris, 1848-1871 (Yale Publications in the History of Art)
ratings_count: 5
series: Yale Publications in the History of Art
publisher: Yale University Press