Main entry:

Cameron, John B.

Title & Author:

Photography's beginnings : a visual history : featuring the collection of Wm. B. Becker / John B. Cameron, Wm. B. Becker ; introduction by H.K. Henisch ; [photography, R.H. Hensleigh].

Publication:

Rochester, Michigan : Oakland University, Meadow Brook Art Gallery, [1989]
Albuquerque : Distributed by University of New Mexico Press.
©1989

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 27 cm

Notes:
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at the Meadow Brook Art Gallery of Oakland University and the Grand Rapids Art Museum"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (page 17).
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A closer look : new perspectives on photography's past -- Early photography and art history -- Illustrations : from the start; the first masters; American classics; industrious developments; the folk tradition; family album; faces and souls; a dramatic interlude; gateway to the world; confections, concoctions, creations; an explosion of color; a new light; a modern eye -- Notes to the illustrations -- A primer on processes -- Afterword.

ISBN:

0925859001 (softbound)
9780925859006 (softbound)
092585901X (hardbound)
9780925859013 (hardbound)

Subject:

Becker, Wm. B. (William B.) Photograph collections.
Becker, Wm. B. (William B.)
Photography History.
Photographie Histoire.
Photograph collections
Photography

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Becker, Wm. B. (William B.)
Meadow Brook Art Gallery.
Grand Rapids Art Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 54421
Call No.: ID TR15.C36 1989; ID:90-B3018
Status: Available