
Isms: Understanding Photography
Understanding Photography
Emma Lewis(Author)
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 9. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-1-4742-7759-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 - from the invention of the photographic process to the post-internet age. Organised chronologically, this is a uniquely international, comprehensive guide to photography with concise, readable and jargon-free but scholarly insight into major photographers, movements and themes of the past 170 years. In an age where photography is of more resonance and interest than ever before, Isms: Understanding Photography offers an in-depth and clear exposition of photography for the interested general reader or student.
Reviews / Votes
"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 JournalA well edited, concise, informative edition that's easy to read, and enlightening to boot. - Outlet Magazine"
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 127 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
382 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4742-7759-4 (9781474277594)
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Person
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.
Content
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