Isms... Understanding Photography: NoRights - Softcover

Lewis, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789334224 ISBN 13: 9780789334220

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, 2018

Synopsis

An engaging, informative guide to all the significant schools and movements that have shaped photography through the present day, in Rizzoli's popular "isms" series. This concise reference packs an enormous amount of detail into an attractive, small package, tracing the evolution of photography from its early experimental stage up through the current era of the digital selfie. Organized chronologically, this is a uniquely international, and wide-ranging guide to photography with concise, readable, and jargon-free but scholarly insight into major photographers and movements of the past 170 years. The book presents an introduction to photography beginning with the earliest daguerreotypes and proceeds up to the Instagram present, with details on the key movements, concepts, methods, styles, and impact of each movement along with major artists and works. In an age when photography has more resonance and interest--and practitioners--than ever before, this book is perfect for both the interested general reader as well as the student.

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Review:

This easy-to-use reference book is an introduction to the history of photography through art-historical categories ... An interesting and well-presented work. * Royal Photographic Society Journal * A well edited, concise, informative edition that's easy to read, and enlightening to boot. * Outlet Magazine *

About the Author:

Emma Lewis is an assistant curator at Tate Modern in London, where she has organized photographic acquisitions and curated exhibitions. Previously, she managed the archive of late photographer Terence Donovan and spent many years in the department of photographs at Phillips auction house.

About this edition

• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0789334224
• ISBN 13: 9780789334220
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160