On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: Once Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography

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Item: On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: 150 Years of Photography
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by Sarah Greenough, David Travis, Joel Snyder

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Book Overview

This book commemorates the birth of photography, the title derived from Fox Talbot's own description of his invention. It features 400 landmark photographs never before exhibited of published and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0894681273

ISBN13:9780894681271

Release Date:January 1989

Publisher:National Gallery of Art

Length:510 Pages

Weight:5.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 11.9" x 9.6"

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago

Any person serious about photography should own and carefully read the text that accompanies the photographs. Any book of this scope has shortcomings, but the insights of the four authors are superb.