Commemorating the birth of photography, this book derives its title from Fox Talbot's own description of his invention and features 400 landmark photographs never before exhibited of published by over 200 photographers. Essays accompany the pictures, delineating the major movements and revealing the range of experimentation that the artists have achieved. The work coincides with a major exhibition at the Art Institute in Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- ISBN10 0821217577
- ISBN13 9780821217573
- Publish Date 1 June 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 March 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Little, Brown & Company
- Imprint Bulfinch Press,U.S.
- Edition New edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English