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From its earliest beginnings in the 1840s up to its democratization as a widespread leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of artistic and entrepreneurial activity that gathered pace throughout the nineteenth century. Both as an art form and a social document, the photograph quickly took on a critical role as the primary means of visual expression in the modern age.
Points of View brings together, for the first time, a selection of images from the British Library’s unique photography collections, examining the history, diversity, and influence of the medium from its invention and early years up until the coming of the twentieth century. Beginning with the work of William Henry Fox Talbot and including some of our most celebrated photographic pioneers—Francis Frith, Felix Teynard, Samuel Bourne, and Peter Henry Emerson among them—this volume focuses on the question Who was taking the photograph and why? Ultimately the answer is found in the rise of mass market interest, the increasing role of technology, and the emergence of this thrilling new discipline amid rapid scientific, social, and industrial progress.
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About the Author
John Falconer is head of visual materials and curator of photography at the British Library. He has curated a number of exhibitions in this field and he is most recently the author of India: Pioneering Photographers, 1850–1900.Louise Hilde is a social and cultural historian. She is a lecturer at Birkbeck College, University of London.
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- PublisherBritish Library
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0712350810
- ISBN 13 9780712350815
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages176
- EditorFalconer John, Hide Louise
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Hardcover. Condition: Collectible, Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Quarto, hardcover, fine in near fine brown pictorial dj. 176 pp. including index. Heavy paper stock with sepia tone photos throughout. rom its earliest beginnings in the 1840s up to its democratization as a widespread leisure pursuit, photography was swept along by a tide of artistic and entrepreneurial activity that gathered pace throughout the nineteenth century. Both as an art form and a social document, the photograph quickly took on a critical role as the primary means of visual expression in the modern age. Points of View brings together, for the first time, a selection of images from the British Library's unique photography collections, examining the history, diversity, and influence of the medium from its invention and early years up until the coming of the twentieth century. Beginning with the work of William Henry Fox Talbot and including some of our most celebrated photographic pioneers. Seller Inventory # 81556
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> This powerfull visual medlium began with the first tenttative drawings of shadowes garudhuced in the mid- 1830s. Foillowing its public announcement in 1839 and in succeedling decades, photography was swegit adong by a tide of entrepreneurial activity, rapidly develeg?ng into a majjur counencial industry, and an influential new artistic and documentary medium, m?rvering the attitudes, assumptions and agendas of the producers and consumers of the photograginic image. Science, govemment, industry and the growing media quickly recognised its power both to reflect and to shape society, while both artists and amateurs embraced its potential for personal expression. Points of Vieur beings together for the first time a magnificent selection of almost 200 photographs from the British Library's collections, examining both the history of photography, and its influence in the nine teenth century and beyond. Arranged thesmatically, the photographs are presented within their cultur. Seller Inventory # Batch-FM459-VG-10327
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