Encompasses the entire range of the photographic medium, from the camera lucida to up-to-date computer technology, and from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. The text investigates all aspects of photography - aesthetic, documentary, commercial and technical - while placing it in historical context. It includes three technical sections with detailed information about equipment and processes. This edition also updates important new international work from the 1980s and 1990s.
- ISBN13 9780789200280
- Publish Date 1 February 1997 (first published 1 October 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 2 November 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Edition 3rd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 696
- Language English