Main entry:

Newhall, Beaumont, 1908-1993.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

Completely rev. and enl. ed.

Publication:

Boston : Distributed by New York Graphic Society Books, ©1982.
New York : Museum of Modern Art

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Earlier ed. pub. under title: The history of photography from 1839 to the present day.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-312) and index.
1. The Elusive Image -- 2. Invention -- 3. The Daguerreotype: The Mirror With a Memory -- 4. The Calotype: The Pencil of Nature -- 5. Portraits for the Million -- 6. Art Photography -- 7. "A New Form of Communication" -- 8. The Conquest of Action -- 9. Pictorial Photography -- 10. Straight Photography -- 11. In Quest of Form -- 12. Instant Vision -- 13. Documentary Photography -- 14. Photojournalism -- 15. In Color -- 16. New Directions.

Summary:

Traces the evolution of photography and offers vivid illustrations of technical innovations in this visual form of communication.

ISBN:

0870703803 (paperback)
9780870703805 (paperback)

Subject:

Photography History.
Photographie Histoire.
Photography.
Fotografie
Geschichte

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 11564
Call No.: TR15.N47 (ID:87-B14166)
Status: Available