A World History of Photography"A 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. Included among the more than 800 photographs by men and women are both little-known and celebrated masterpieces, arranged in stimulating juxtapositions that illuminate their visual power." "Dr. Rosenblum's chronicle of photography is authoritative and unbiased, tracing both chronologically and thematically the evolution of this young art. Exploring the diverse roles that photography has played in the communication of ideas, Dr. Rosenblum devotes special attention to topics such as portraiture, documentation, advertising, and photojournalism, and to the camera as a medium of personal artistic expression. Profiles are provided of individual photographers who made notable contributions to the medium or epitomized a certain style."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 180
... Roger Fenton , a founder of the elitist Photogra- phic Society of London , during four months spent with the British Army at Sebastopol on the shores of the Black Sea . Bankrolled by a Manchester publishing firm and blessed by Prince ...
... Roger Fenton , a founder of the elitist Photogra- phic Society of London , during four months spent with the British Army at Sebastopol on the shores of the Black Sea . Bankrolled by a Manchester publishing firm and blessed by Prince ...
Page 188
... Roger Fenton " Gentleman photographer " might be an apt description of Roger Fenton , although his images are neither effete nor languid . His outlook , associations , and activities were re- flections of his firmly established position ...
... Roger Fenton " Gentleman photographer " might be an apt description of Roger Fenton , although his images are neither effete nor languid . His outlook , associations , and activities were re- flections of his firmly established position ...
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... Roger Fenton : Photographer of the Crimean War ( 1954 ; reprint , New York , 1973 ) , p . 22 , indi- cates that the ... Fenton . 15. Roger Fenton to William Agnew , May 18 and May 20 , 1855 ; in H. and A. Gernsheim , Roger Fenton , p ...
... Roger Fenton : Photographer of the Crimean War ( 1954 ; reprint , New York , 1973 ) , p . 22 , indi- cates that the ... Fenton . 15. Roger Fenton to William Agnew , May 18 and May 20 , 1855 ; in H. and A. Gernsheim , Roger Fenton , p ...
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