A Chronology of Photography: A Cultural Timeline from Camera Obscura to Instagram

by Paul Lowe

Book Overview

As a medium of documentation, social commentary, commercial marketing, artistic exploration, and self-expression over the last two centuries, photography has in many ways defined the way we view ourselves and the world around us.

A Chronology of Photography traces the development of the medium from early experiments with optics by artists and scientists, through the birth of photography in 1839, with the innovations of Louis Daguerre and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500545030
• ISBN13: 9780500545034
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 10.1"