Main entry:

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993.

Title & Author:

The history of photography from 1839 to the present day / by Beaumont Newhall.

Publication:

New York : The Museum of Modern Art, ©1949.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm

Notes:
"Begun as an illustrated catalog of the exhibition Photography, 1839-1937 ... organized for the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. In 1938 the text and illustrations were reprinted, with minor revisions, as Photography: a short critical history. The present text ... based on this earlier research, has been entirely rewritten and a new selection of illustrations has been made."
Includes index.
"Begun as an illustrated catalog of the exhibition Photography, 1839-1937...organized for the Museum of Modern Art in 1937. In 1938 the text and illustrations were reprinted, with minor revisions, as Photography; a short critical history. The present text...based on this earlier research, has been entirely rewritten and a new selection of illustrations has been made."
"Selected bibliography": page 251.
The elusive image -- The mirror with a memory -- Prints from paper -- Portraits for the million -- Pictorial effect -- The faithful witness -- The conquest of action -- Photography as an art -- The straight approach -- Documentary -- Instant vision -- Experiments in abstraction -- For the printed page -- In color.

Subject:

Photography History.
Photographie Histoire.
Photography.
Fotografia Storia

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 30895
Call No.: ID EXHX; ID:88-B2841
Status: Available