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The Photobook: From Talbot to Ruscha and Beyond
Patrizia Di Bello
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Description for The Photobook: From Talbot to Ruscha and Beyond
Paperback. Only a few years after the birth of photography, the publication of "The Pencil of Nature" heralded a new genre in the history of the book, one in which the photograph was the primary vehicle of expression and communication, or stood in equal if sometimes conflicted partnership with the written word. Editor(s): Di Bello, Patrizia; Wilson, Colette; Zamir, Shamoon. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 bw integrated illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
The photograph found a home in the book before it won for itself a place on the gallery wall. Only a few years after the birth of photography, the publication of Henry Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature" heralded a new genre in the history of the book, one in which the photograph was the primary vehicle of expression and communication, or stood in equal if sometimes conflicted partnership with the written word. In this book, practicing photographers and writers across several fields of scholarship share a range of fresh approaches to reading the photobook, developing new ways of understanding ... Read more
The photograph found a home in the book before it won for itself a place on the gallery wall. Only a few years after the birth of photography, the publication of Henry Fox Talbot's "The Pencil of Nature" heralded a new genre in the history of the book, one in which the photograph was the primary vehicle of expression and communication, or stood in equal if sometimes conflicted partnership with the written word. In this book, practicing photographers and writers across several fields of scholarship share a range of fresh approaches to reading the photobook, developing new ways of understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848856165
SKU
V9781848856165
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Ref
99-1
About Patrizia Di Bello
PATRIZIA DI BELLO teaches History and Theory of Photography at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of Women's Albums and Photography in Victorian England (2007), and the editor, with Gabriel Koureas, of Art, History and the Senses (2010). She is currently working on photography and sculpture. COLETTE WILSON is Lecturer in French Studies and Director of the MA ... Read more
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