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A New History of Photography

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This is a lot of book. A lot, a lot of book. It's essays are well written to be easily accessible, clearly showing that the contributors understand and are passionate about photography. Clever thematic content allows you to browse at topics that interest you rather than get lost in a strictly chronological rendition of photography's development. The essays deftly weave together the various influences on the medium as it mutated over time. But best of all are the hundreds of photos, many that neither I nor other professional photographers I know have ever seen published elsewhere. Serious photographers are interested in the development of photographic representation. This book is the ideal place to begin to get to grips with that whole fascinating topic. Highly recommended.

Yes, we all love Avedon, Bourke-White, Capa, Doisneau, etc. But do we all understand how photography evolved from gelatine and silver plates, to Man Ray and then Newton? If you want to have a general perpective of the history of photography, and access to wonderful pictures not previosly divulged to the general public, I would recommend this comprehensive and well organized book

The New History of Photography is just that as it breaches the subjects of the commercialization of photography, not as a demeaning factor, but as an evolutionary factor showing that even those in the pantheon of photography / artists contributed to this evolution.
The other thing is that it shows a larger world view of photography and features great essays on Czech and Japanese photographers while also mentioning large and small movements or groups from western Europe, Russia and the United Sates of America.
This book is a treasure trove of images printed in good quality that are hard to find. This is a must buy for any scholar of photography history and any student of photography that wants to understand how photography has reached where it is and how one is part of a very diverse form of art.

This is the most complete, impartial and accurate book on History of Photography. It tells everything about almsot every area of photography. It's a great learning tool. Ideal for those who are making photography courses simply curious