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Photospeak: A Guide to the Ideas, Movements, and Techniques of Photography, 1839 to the Present (Post-Reformation Thought)
Gilles Mora
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Description for Photospeak: A Guide to the Ideas, Movements, and Techniques of Photography, 1839 to the Present (Post-Reformation Thought)
paperback. The complexities of photographics techniques, from the calotype to digital imaging and beyond, are explained in this work. The aesthetic concepts and critical language used to explain photography over the century and a half are demystified in prose. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 colour photographs, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492. Good clean copy. Price sticker on cover, otherwise as new
A worthy companion to Abbeville's three very successful reference volumes in the series - ArtSpeak, ArtSpoke, and AntiqueSpeak - PhotoSpeak is an informative, user-friendly resource. The complexities of photographic techniques, from catalogue to digital imaging and beyond, are explained in clear, straightforward language. The international groups and movements of photography are elucidated in the same accessible who-when-where-what format that has made this series so useful. And the aesthetic concepts and critical language used to explain (and often obscure) photography over the last century and a half are demystified in illuminating, enjoyable prose. A time line and a chart of all ... Read more
A worthy companion to Abbeville's three very successful reference volumes in the series - ArtSpeak, ArtSpoke, and AntiqueSpeak - PhotoSpeak is an informative, user-friendly resource. The complexities of photographic techniques, from catalogue to digital imaging and beyond, are explained in clear, straightforward language. The international groups and movements of photography are elucidated in the same accessible who-when-where-what format that has made this series so useful. And the aesthetic concepts and critical language used to explain (and often obscure) photography over the last century and a half are demystified in illuminating, enjoyable prose. A time line and a chart of all ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Abbeville Press New York
Condition
Used, Like New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780789200686
SKU
KSG0032036
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Gilles Mora
Gilles Mora has written several photographic books and monographs, including those on Walker Evans and Edward Weston. Previously the editor-in-chief of Cahiers de Photographie, a preeminent journal of photography, he now oversees the photographic program for the book publisher Editions de Seuil. In his spare time, he performs with his rockabilly band, the Frantic Rollers.
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