Inadvertent Images: A History of Photographic Apparitions

by Peter Geimer

As an artistic medium, photography is uniquely subject to accidents, or disruptions, that can occur in the making of an artwork. Though rarely considered seriously, those accidents can offer fascinating insights about the nature of the medium and how it works. With Inadvertent Images, Peter Geimer explores all kinds of photographic irritation from throughout the history of the medium, as well as accidental images that occur through photo-like...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022647187X
• ISBN13: 9780226471877
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 10.1"