Photography

In addition to a wide range of technical information, this book encapsulates in concise and readily accessible form the mass of recent scholarship on photography as a social and artistic practice, organized both thematically and geographically.

Covering Western art from the ancient Greeks to the present day, this authoritative dictionary contains over 2,500 entries on styles and movements, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries.

The "Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography" brings together this rich history in three volumes. It explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force

In outlining nearly two centuries of this innovative art form, this book touches on some of photography's key themes, from portraits and still lifes to sports and photojournalism. Photographic techniques are explained and the various approaches to photography around the world are examined.