Story of photography [antikvár]

Introduction The basic principle of the camera obscura. Because light travels in straight lines, a small hole forms a crude and very dim upside-down image of the sunlit landscape, Inside a darkened room. This is an introductory guide to the history of photography written for students of photography, art or humanities. It is also for the general reader interested in tracing photography from its beginnings to what has become the imaging medium most used by everyone today. The book covers the period from 1839 (when the first practical process was announced) to about 1990, and is presented in a learner-friendly manner with regular summaries and projects. Part One is concerned with the technical developments of photography - how things were made to work, including what picture-making was just possible and what simply could not be done. Later, Part Two (chapters 7-12) covers subjects, styles and approaches chosen by photographers as the range of possibilities broadened out. This increasingly concentrates on photography used as an art medium. For each period a selection of important photographers are identified. It seems more useful to do this in a book of this size than trying to include large numbers just by 'name-dropping'. Main lines of development can also be seen more clearly. Use Story of Photography as a structured overall history, backed up by your own further reading on photographers from each period. For schools this book is complemented by three sets of colour slides (EXP 1-3) by the same author, produced by Visual Publications, The Green, Northleach, Cheltenham, Gloucester, GL54 3EX. CATVTERA 0B3CiJRA.