Photography: The Whole Story - Softcover

Juliet Hacking; David Campany

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500290458 ISBN 13: 9780500290453

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Photography: The Whole Story is a celebration of the most beautiful, meaningful and inspiring photographs that have arisen from this very modern medium. The book begins with a succinct overview of photography, placing it in the context of the social and cultural developments that have taken place globally since its arrival. Organized chronologically, the book then traces the rapid evolution of photographic style, period by period and movement by movement. Illustrated, in-depth essays cover every photographic genre, from the early portraits and tableaux to the digitally manipulated montages, splitsecond sports images, and conceptual photographs of today. The ideas and works of key photographers are assessed to reveal what motivated them, who influenced whom, and what each was striving to achieve. Detailed cultural and individual artist timelines clarify historical context. If you love photography and would like to know more, Photography: The Whole Story is for you.

About this title

Review:

It's hard to think of a classic photo that isn't included here, and opened up by skilled and thought-provoking analysis. A beautiful volume. --The Scotsman

An uncommonly impressive and well-written addition to an oversubscribed field --The World of Interiors

The definitive guide for students of photography or those wanting to know how to read a photograph ... a comprehensive overview ... a book rich with favourites and discoveries. --Good Book Guide

Telling the whole story of photography in one book is a pretty tall order, but this hefty volume by Juliet Hacking does a pretty good job! ... a real gem. --My Creative Diva

Superb ... instructive and fascinating ... a wide-ranging, comprehensive and informative book that is also a pleasure to read --Black & White Photography

About the Author:

Juliet Hacking has been Programme Director of the MA in Photography (contemporary and historical) at Sotheby's Institute of Art since 2006. Before that she was for three years Head of the Photographs Department of Sotheby's in London. Juliet has worked as a visiting lecturer at the Universities of Derby and Reading and at the Courtauld Institute, and curated the exhibition `Princes of Victorian Bohemia: Photographs by David Wilkie Wynfield' for the National Portrait Gallery, London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0500290458
• ISBN 13: 9780500290453
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576