Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History (Oxford History of Art) by Graham Clarke |
by John Szarkowski
|
by Susan Sontag
|
by Gerry Badger
|
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Vintage Classics) by Roland Barthes |
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links(What is this?) |
Product Description
Review
"A fine introduction, and stimulating to readers already familiar with the riches of American camera work."--Mick Gidley, University of Leeds
"What a terrific book!...Rich references to literature, history, art, and popular culture make this story come alive."--Mary Panzer, Author of Matthew Brady and the Image of History, and former curator of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery
Product Description
This lively new survey offers fresh insights into 150 years of American photography, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examinines this fascinating subject through portraiture and landscape photography, eamily albums and memory, and analyses the particularly 'American' way in which American photographers have viewed the world around them. Combining a clear overview of the changing nature of photographic thinking and practice in this period, with an exploration of key concepts, the result is the first coherent history of American photography, which examines issues such as the nature of photographic exploitation, experimental techniques, the power of the photograph to shock, and whether we should subscribe to the notion of a visual history.
See all Product Description
"A fine introduction, and stimulating to readers already familiar with the riches of American camera work."--Mick Gidley, University of Leeds
"What a terrific book!...Rich references to literature, history, art, and popular culture make this story come alive."--Mary Panzer, Author of Matthew Brady and the Image of History, and former curator of photographs for the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery
Product Description
This lively new survey offers fresh insights into 150 years of American photography, placing it in its cultural context for the first time. Orvell examinines this fascinating subject through portraiture and landscape photography, eamily albums and memory, and analyses the particularly 'American' way in which American photographers have viewed the world around them. Combining a clear overview of the changing nature of photographic thinking and practice in this period, with an exploration of key concepts, the result is the first coherent history of American photography, which examines issues such as the nature of photographic exploitation, experimental techniques, the power of the photograph to shock, and whether we should subscribe to the notion of a visual history.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Few inventions have so completely changed the course of civilization, let alone our whole way of knowing the world, as photography. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Few inventions have so completely changed the course of civilization, let alone our whole way of knowing the world, as photography. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet. Create your own review
| |||
Video reviews
|
 |
Customer Discussions
Beta (What's this?)|
This product's forum
(0 discussions)
Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Active discussions in related forums
|
Related forums
|
|||||||||||||||||
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Photography > History of Photography
- Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Photography > Photo Essays
- Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Photography > Subjects & Types > Bestsellers
- Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Photography > Theory
- Books > History > Academic History
- Books > History > Countries & Regions > Central America & Caribbean > 19th Century
- Books > History > Cultural History
- Books > History > North America > Post-war Period, 1946-Present
- Books > Society, Politics & Philosophy > Social Sciences > Cultural Studies
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
The Oxford Companion to the...
Superb and encyclopaedic study of the photograph...this is a wonderful... Read more |
A Close Shave |
Treat Someone
With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is). |
||||||||
| |||||
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
Amazon Home | |
| International Sites: United States | Germany | France | Japan | Canada | China | |
| Business Programs: Sell on Amazon | Fulfilment by Amazon | Join Associates | Join Advantage | |
| Customer Service | Help | View Basket | Your Account | |
| About Amazon.co.uk | Careers at Amazon | |
| Conditions of Use & Sale | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates |