On the art of fixing a shadow
Subtitle: one hundred and fifty years of photography
By: Sarah Greenough, Joel Snyder, David Travis, Colin Westerbeck.
Contributors: Greenough, Sarah, 1951-; National Gallery of Art (U.S.); Art Institute of Chicago.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: National Gallery of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, in association with Bulfinch Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 510
Subjects: Photography -- History -- Exhibitions.
Description: This book is a catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. At this sesquicentennial celebration, it has been our intention in both the exhibition and the catalogue to present and analyze those photographs that, regardless of why they were made, seem the most visually significant. Limiting ourselves, for the most part, to American and European photographers, we have attempted to chart the development of an understanding of photography as a pictorial device. - Introduction.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art, May 7-July 30, 1989, The Art Institute of Chicago, Sept. 16-Nov. 26, 1989, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dec. 21,1989-Feb. 25, 1990.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 497-499.