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The twentieth century could be called the century of the image. When George Eastman invented the first point-and-shoot camera just over a hundred years ago, the ability to make images came within the reach of anyone. Photography quickly became commonplace. But as well as being a hobby or a habit, it’s also a craft, a profession, and an art form. It’s often banal, but sometimes profound. Advertisers use it to persuade us, artists to reveal the unexpected.
A Century of Images presents a new approach to New Zealand’s history – probing the hidden side of our identity through images, using a hundred years of photographs to investigate who we are and who we have been.
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Paul Thompson has long been interested in photography in all its forms. Curator of History at Te Papa, and the author of books on the New Zealand bach, Maori rock art, and French erotic postcards, he has a practitioner s eye and a historian s appreciation of image-making in the broadest sense. From Te Papa s rich collection of more than 650,000 images he has selected photographs that range from the blatantly commercial to high art, allowing the pictures to tell their own story about what a complicated, fascinating, contradictory bunch we are.
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Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 174 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 x 28 cm. Images selected from the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Profusely illustrated. *** "The twentieth century could be called the century of the image. When George Eastman invented the first point-and-shoot camera just over a hundred years ago, the ability to make images came within the reach of anyone. Photography quickly became commonplace. But as well as being a hobby or a habit, it's also a craft, a profession, and an art form. It's often banal, but sometimes profound. Advertisers use it to persuade us, artists to reveal the unexpected. A Century of Images presents a new approach to New Zealand's history -- probing the hidden side of our identity through images, using a hundred years of photographs to investigate who we are and who we have been." - Publisher Size: Oblong. Seller Inventory # 095013
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21.0 x 28.0cms (landscape) 174pp b/w duotone & colour illusts very good paperback with French flaps This book uses a hundred years of photographs to investigate New Zealand''s national history & character. The section headings are: the land; the people; the culture; the times; the personal view; the photographers. Seller Inventory # 30068544
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Landscape format large soft cover. 174pp. Book has a little light shelf wear to the wraps. Contents are fine with no inscriptions. The twentieth century could be called the century of the image. When George Eastman invented the first point-and-shoot camera just over a hundred years ago, the ability to make images came within the reach of anyone. Photography quickly became commonplace. But as well as being a hobby or a habit, it's also a craft, a profession, and an art form. It's often banal, but sometimes profound. Advertisers use it to persuade us, artists to reveal the unexpected. A Century of Images presents a new approach to New Zealand's history - probing the hidden side of our identity through images, using a hundred years of photographs to investigate who we are and who we have been. Seller Inventory # 045789
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. A Century of Images presents a new approach to New Zealands history probing the hidden side of our identity through images, using a hundred years of photographs to investigate who we are and who we have been. About the Author Paul Thompson has long been interested in photography in all its forms. Curator of History at Te Papa, and the author of books on the New Zealand bach, Maori rock art, and French erotic postcards, he has a practitioners eye and a historians appreciation of image-making in the broadest sense. From Te Papas rich collection of more than 650,000 images he has selected photographs that range from the blatantly commercial to high art, allowing the pictures to tell their own story about what a complicated, fascinating, contradictory bunch we are. Large. Cover faded. 174 pages. Seller Inventory # 1580955
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