Photography : an independent art : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1839-1996 / Mark Haworth-Booth.

Main entry:

Haworth-Booth, Mark.

Title & Author:

Photography : an independent art : photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1839-1996 / Mark Haworth-Booth.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1997.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-205) and index.
The new art -- A vibrant populist enterprise -- All the world under the subjugation of art -- A fine art and a manufacturing art -- The cosmopolitan archive -- Being contemporary -- The national collection of the art of photography -- Fond wrestlers with photography.

Summary:

The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has one of the finest and oldest collections of photography in the world. In this fascinating book, Mark Haworth-Booth, Curator of Photographs at the V&A, offers the first comprehensive introduction to this extensive and impressive collection. 52 duotone photos. 48 color plates.

ISBN:

0691017425
9780691017426
1851772049
9781851772049

Subject:

Victoria and Albert Museum Photograph collections Catalogs.
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections de photographies Catalogues.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
London Victoria and Albert Museum.
Photograph collections England London Catalogs.
Photography History.
Photographie artistique Catalogues.
Photothèques Catalogues Angleterre Londres.
Photographie Histoire 20e siècle.
Photographie Histoire 19e siècle.
Collections de photographies Catalogues Angleterre Londres.
Photographie Histoire.
Photograph collections.
Photography.
Fotografie
Geschichte
Verzamelingen.
England London.

Form/genre:

Catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 191892
Call No.: TR6.G72.L64 (ID:97-B2941)
Status: Available

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