185 results for "History of Photography books" between $10.00 and $150.00

A Concise History Of Photography , by Helmut Gernsheim . 150 Pages. Softbound. In this classic volume, a noted photo historian presents a informative and entertaining account of Niepce's discovery and the subsequent development of photography, including the contributions of every major figure in the field. The first part of the book covers the technical aspects of the medium, the evolution of the camera, the development of color photography, and oher important topics. The second part focuses...

William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) was born in Dorset, England in 1800 and, as expected of a person of his social class, gained an excellent education at Harrow and Cambridge. A talented mathematician, classicist, linguist, scientist and botanist, his invention of the 'calotype' arose out of his unsuccessful attempts to produce good pencil sketches using the popular artists' aids of the period - the camera obscura and the camera lucida. In 1834, at his ancestral home of Lacock Abbey he began a series...

Published October, 1982 by Bulfinch Press, Paperback, 320 Pages , ISBN: 9780870703812 , ISBN-10: 0870703811, List Price $39.95 .

San Francisco-based artist Kota Ezawa draws on iconic imagery to create simplified renderings that comment on the influence of television, film and photography in shaping collective experience. Ezawa grew up in Germany, studying at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf before moving to San Francisco in 1994. Since that time, he has worked and exhibited in a number of media, including film and, more recently, digital animation. Using well-known films, videos, and photographs, Ezawa explores the appropriation...

Description Table of Contents Author Bios The history of photography in Mexico was a largely untold story until the 1994 publication of Olivier Debroise' Fuga Mexicana, un recorrido por la fotografiacute;a en Meacute;xico. Based on ten years' research in public and private photographic archives in Mexico, the United States, Guatemala, and Europe, Fuga Mexicana provided the first comprehensive survey of Mexican photography from the advent of the daguerreotype in 1839 to the present. Now this benchmark...

This volume features about fifty photo historians from fifteen countries offering substantial and previously unpublished essays in honor of Dr. Heinz K. Henisch, the founding editor of the international quarterly History of Photography. The recognized authorities in the field, including Estelle Jussim, Ulrich Keller, Naomi Rosenblum, Mart Haworth-Booth, and others, are represented here and cover a wide range of topics from the earliest daguerreotypes to contemporary photography, with essays on nineteenth...

This title includes a book and CD-ROM. Virtually anyone of any age can start a highly successful photography business. Today the level of investment to get started is much less, thanks to the digital camera revolution. Armed with the right camera equipment, skills, and the necessary business knowledge, you can be in business, marketing your photography services in no time with the information in this extensive manual. With modern technology in the form of SLR digital cameras, you do not even need...

从达盖尔1839年在巴黎公布摄影术至今，已经有将近170年的 历史。本书采取分类阐述的方式整合材料，将宏观叙述与生动、鲜活 的例证放在一个有机整体中加以论述。全书分为：照相馆、摄影技术 、20世纪二三十年代的摄影、人像摄影、人体摄影、肖像摄影、纪 实摄影、广告摄影、纪念照片、时尚摄影以及女性摄影家时一个部分 ，术后附部分摄影师介绍等。阅读本书，可以使读者较清晰地了解各 摄影门类发展的过程，从而了解整个中国摄影史发展的脉络。

This text offers a comprehensive account of the development & achievements of Japanese photography, from the 1850s until the present day. Shortly after its first introduction, photography established itself as central to Japanese culture, a position it has maintained since. "Over the past 150 years, Japanese photographers have created an impressive body of work that ranges from dignified imperial photographs to sweeping urban panoramas, from early ethereal landscapes to modern urban mysteries. Despite...

History & Practice of the Art of Photography (Unillustrate

Bantam Gallery Edition. 100 years of photographic history expressed in the work of more than 20 photographers, each with a brief text and black/white examples. 215p: numerous black/white photos. 233g. Near Very Good (shelfwear and discoloration to cover, spine creased, binding tight, text unmarked). Mass market paperback. Book condition: Near Very Good.

First published in 1991, The History of Photography explores the people, technology, and imagery that have made photography such a tremendous force in modern culture. As technology has improved, the level to which society depends upon photography increases. Over the past 150 years, photographers and their works have taught, inspired, angered, and spurred several generations toward social and political action. This interdependence between society and the photographic image continues to strengthen...

From the camera lucida to the latest in digital image making and computer manipulation, photographic technology has dramatically changed throughout its nearly 200-year history, as succinctly explained and powerfully illustrated in A World History of Photography. Thanks to the unique immediacy with which photography captures perspective and history, the popularity and use of the camera spread rapidly around the globe. Today, photography is ubiquitous: from newspapers and fashion magazines to billboards...

TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! "An intelligent introduction to the history of photography. In every respect, an outstanding work." -Choice magazine, USA

Description Table of Contents Author Bios In 'staged' photography the artist takes on the role of a director, creating or staging an image. This text traces the history of the staged photograph, focusing on such key themes as the artist as actor, art historical imagery, and narratives and allegories. Setting the scene Staged photography in the Victorian album Modernity and the staged photograph, 1900-1965 The artful disposition : theatricality, cinema, and social...