Photography : a cultural history /
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Laurence King,
2010.
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Pt. 1. Photography's double invention. The origin of photography (to 1839) ; The second invention of photography (1839-1854) ; Philosophy and practice: a threat to art?
- Pt. 2. The expanding domain (1854-1880). Popular photography and the aims of art ; Imaging of the social world ; Science and social science ; Philosophy and practice: "superseded by reality"
- Pt. 3. Photography and modernity (1880-1918). The great divide ; Modern life ; Philosophy and practice: the real thing
- Pt. 4. A new vision (1918-1945). Art and the age of mass media ; Social science, social change, and the camera ; Philosophy and practice: the "common man" and the end of media utopia
- Pt. 5. Through the lens of culture (1945-1975). The human family ; The West and the Cold War ; Philosophy and practice: purity and diversity
- Pt. 6. Convergences (1975 to the present). Globalism, technology, and social change ; The postmodern view ; Into the twenty-first century ; Philosophy and practice: re-membering
- Epilogue
- Glossary
- Timeline.