Picturing the Past
Subtitle: Media, History, and Photography (History of Communication)
Contributors: Bonnie Brennen (Editor); Hanno Hardt (Editor)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: October 6, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780252024658
Subjects: Photography & Photographs; Press & journalism; Photography; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Photo Essays; Journalism; Media Studies; World - General; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; General; Photojournalism; 20th century; History; Mass media; 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.