Picturing the Past
Subtitle: Media, History, and Photography (History of Communication)
Contributors: Bonnie Brennen (Editor); Hanno Hardt (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780252067693
Subjects: Photography & Photographs; Press & journalism; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Photo Essays; Journalism; World - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; General; 20th century; History; Mass media; Photography; Photojournalism; Social aspects
First sentence: The invention of photography is credited with a variety of new ways of seeing the world, among them the ability to record and document life in great detail and with considerable precision and certainty.