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Photography and Travel
Graham Smith
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Description for Photography and Travel
Paperback. Photography and Travel provides a fascinating account of the 170-year partnership of photography and travel, featuring a wealth of images from all over the world. Graham Smith discusses photography's capability to vividly represent the spectacles of the world, and make them accessible to the general public. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80 colour illustrations, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; WT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 686.
Photography and travel have been linked since 1839, when Daguerre and Talbot first made their inventions known to the public. The inventors and their advocates immediately recognised photography's capability to vividly represent the spectacles of the world, and make them accessible to the general public in the comfort of their homes. The unquestionable connection between photography and travel remains vital today. In Photography and Travel, Graham Smith provides a lively account of this partnership, discussing the diverse applications of photography to travel during the nineteenth century, in destinations as exotic as France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Japan and North America. He ... Read more
Photography and travel have been linked since 1839, when Daguerre and Talbot first made their inventions known to the public. The inventors and their advocates immediately recognised photography's capability to vividly represent the spectacles of the world, and make them accessible to the general public in the comfort of their homes. The unquestionable connection between photography and travel remains vital today. In Photography and Travel, Graham Smith provides a lively account of this partnership, discussing the diverse applications of photography to travel during the nineteenth century, in destinations as exotic as France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Japan and North America. He ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Exposures
Condition
New
Weight
686g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861899125
SKU
V9781861899125
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Graham Smith
Graham Smith is Professor Emeritus at the University of St Andrews and Editor of the international quarterly History of Photography.
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