Art - Photography

The first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century with 1,200 essays written by authorities worldwide. Includes key people, processes, equipment, movements, styles, debates and groupings.

Covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. Presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography.

This reference guide contains an informative history of photography, with explanations of the technical terms often encountered by gallery patrons and those taking an interest in the background to photographic excellence for the first time.

Concise treatment of recent scholarship, definitions of a wide range of technical terms and biographies of over 800 photographers and on other individuals who have significantlyinfluenced photographic culture from the early 19th century to the present. The book's scope is worldwide; Entries include suggestions for further reading and there is an extensive bibliography.