Images of History: 19th and Early 20th Century Latin American Photographs as Documents

by Robert M. Levine

Book Overview

In this work Robert M. Levine undertakes two separate and important tasks: to provide the first overview of the history of photography in Latin America until the advent of the cheap cameras that permitted mass photography, and to analyze the photographic record for clues to the use of the images as historical documents. Levine has woven together an account of the development of photographic equipment and processes, with the artists and entrepreneurs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822309998
• ISBN13: 9780822309994
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.8" x 8.2"