On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography

GREENOUGH, Sarah, SNYDER, Joel, TRAVIS, David, WESTERBECK, Colin

ISBN 10: 0821217577 / ISBN 13: 9780821217573

Edité par National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1989

A propos de cet article

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Beige cloth-covered boards with title stamped in silver on spine, with photographically-illustrated dust jacket. Photographs by numerous artists. Text by Joel Snyder, Sarah Greenough, David Travis and Colin Westerbeck. Includes a list of works, artists' bibliographies, bibliography, glossary and an index. 528 pp., with 198 four-color and 252 duotone illustrations. 10 x 12-1/4 inches. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and traveling to The Art Institute of Chicago and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (pronounced sunning at the spine; moderate surface wear). An extensive survey of photography's first 150 years.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: On the Art of Fixing a Shadow: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Photography
• Éditeur: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Date de parution: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0821217577
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780821217573
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Camera-less Photography
  • Non-Silver Processes

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Synopsis

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.