Photography : a cultural history / Mary Warner Marien.

By:

Marien, Mary Warner [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Laurence King, 2014, c2002.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xv, 552 p. : ill. ; 29 cmContent type:

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9781780673325

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DDC classification:

770.9

Contents:

Pt. 1. Photography's Double Invention -- 1. The Origins of Photography (to 1839) -- 2. The Second Invention of Photography (1839-1854) -- pt. 2. The Expanding Domain (1854-1880) -- 3. Popular Photography and the Aims of Art -- 4. Imaging of the Social World -- 5. Science and Social Science -- pt. 3. Photography and Modernity (1880-1918) -- 6. The Great Divide -- 7. Modern Life -- pt. 5. A New Vision (1918-1945) -- 8. Art and Age of Mass Media -- 9. Documentary Expression and Popular Photography -- pt. 5. Through the Lens of Culture (1945-1975) -- 10. The Human Family -- 11. The Cold War Era -- pt. 6. Convergences (1975 to the Present -- 12. Globalism, Technology, and Social Change -- 13. The Culture of Critique -- 14. Into the Twenty-First Century.

Summary: "Mary Warner Marien discusses photography from a truly global viewpoint and looks at a wide-ranging collection of images through the lenses of art, science, travel, war, fashion, the mass media and individual photographers. In addition to representing the established canon of Europe and the United States, key work from Latin America, Africa, India, Russia, China and Japan is also included. Professional, amateur and art photographers are all discussed, with 'Portrait' boxes devoted to highlighting important individuals and 'Focus' boxes charting particular cultural debates. New additions to this fourth edition include and overview of photography's involvement in conceptual art, a detailed review of the photographic work of artist Ed Ruscha and new material on European Worker Photography during the 1920s and 30s. Many new pictures have been added throughout the book, including superior version of historical photographs and recent images from contemporary photographers, including walead Beshty, Youssef Nabil, Lalla Essaydi and Ryan McGinley."-- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	770.9 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010569		Vanderpool, Jeff

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Mary Warner Marien discusses photography from a truly global viewpoint and looks at a wide-ranging collection of images through the lenses of art, science, travel, war, fashion, the mass media and individual photographers. In addition to representing the established canon of Europe and the United States, key work from Latin America, Africa, India, Russia, China and Japan is also included. Professional, amateur and art photographers are all discussed, with 'Portrait' boxes devoted to highlighting important individuals and 'Focus' boxes charting particular cultural debates. New additions to this fourth edition include and overview of photography's involvement in conceptual art, a detailed review of the photographic work of artist Ed Ruscha and new material on European Worker Photography during the 1920s and 30s. Many new pictures have been added throughout the book, including superior version of historical photographs and recent images from contemporary photographers, including walead Beshty, Youssef Nabil, Lalla Essaydi and Ryan McGinley."-- Publisher's description.