Still Life in Photography

by Paul Martineau

Book Overview

Still life is one of the great traditional art forms. The first still-life photograph was created around 1827, more than a decade before the news of photography's invention was announced in Paris and London in 1839. This volume surveys some of the innovative ways photographers have explored the traditional genre of still life from photography's earliest years to the present day. The introductory essay is followed by an illuminating sequence and juxtaposition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606060333
• ISBN13: 9781606060339
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 8.7"