Photography A Very Short Introduction

Photography A Very Short Introduction - 3 MB
Oxford university Press - 2006 - ISBN-10: 0192801643 - PDF - 176 pages

A clear, lively, and imaginative approach to the definition, importance, and meaning of photography
Challenges readers' notions about the definition of photography, and why it is such an important part of our cultural life
Includes both well-known and more unusual photographs, from the highly controversial Cottingley Fairies photograph to Ansel Adams landscapes, and from the shocking and influential Eddie Adams image of a Vietcong suspect being executed to the portrait work of Cindy Sherman.