The Invention of Photography and Its Impact on Learning: Photographs from Harvard University and Radcliffe College and from the Collection of Harrison

by Melissa Banta, Beaumont Newhall, Harvard University Library

The invention of photography 150 years ago changed profoundly the way we learn about the world. Photographs can make the distant and exotic familiar, and the familiar strange; they can rewrite history, challenge aesthetic notions, and arrest time. In this volume eight scholars share their insights concerning the impact of photography on their fields, illustrating their essays with a rich and varied selection of photographs from the resources of Harvard,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674464354
• ISBN13: 9780674464353
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 8.0"