Emma Lewis

Isms: Understanding Photography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Isms: Understanding Photography packs an enormous amount of detail into a handy, attractive guide tracing the evolution of photography through a series of interconnected trends, groups, themes and movements â from the invention of the photographic process to the post-internet age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Specialist / Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: K466150
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 144mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781474277594
• ISBN-10: 1474277594
• Artikelnr.: 46451188

Autorenporträt

Emma Lewis is Assistant Curator at Tate Modern, London, UK, where she has worked on photographic acquisitions, curated collection displays - including Italian Modernist Photography (2014) and Otto Steinert (2015) - and is currently researching a major monographic photography exhibition opening in Spring 2017. Prior to joining Tate, she managed the archive of late photographer Terence Donovan and spent three years in the Department of Photographs at Phillips, London. Emma contributes to Photomonitor and Tate ETC. and has written catalogue essays for a number of artists and photographers.

Inhaltsangabe

IntroductionHow to Use this BookSection 1: The Invention of Photography & the Recording of the World: 1826-1910sSection 2: Into the Modern: 1850s-1930sSection 3: Society & Humanity: 1930s-70sSection 4: The Postmodern: 1950s-90sSection 5: Contemporary Photography: 1980s-List of PhotographersChronology of IsmsGlossary of Useful TermsList of CollectionsPhotographic Credits

Rezensionen

"This easy-to-use reference book is an introduction to the history of photography through art-historical categories ... An interesting and well-presented work. - Royal Photographic Society Journal A well edited, concise, informative edition that's easy to read, and enlightening to boot. - Outlet Magazine"