A World History of PhotographyA World History of Photography encompasses the entire range of the medium, from the camera lucida to the latest computer technology, and from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. It investigates all aspects of photography - aesthetic, documentary, commercial, and technical - while placing it in historical context. |
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| Title | A World History of Photography |
| Author | Naomi Rosenblum |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Abbeville Press, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1558590544, 9781558590540 |
| Length | 672 pages |
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