The History of Photography in 50 Cameras - Hardcover

Michael Pritchard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472575385 ISBN 13: 9781472575388

Publisher: Bloombury, 2014

Synopsis

The history of photography, perhaps more so than any other art, is a history of technology that is best revealed in the very vehicle that makes it possible the camera. Through a selection of fifty landmark cameras, Michael Pritchard tells the story of this ground-breaking piece of equipment that changed the way we saw the world around us. Beginning with Louis Daguerres daguerreotype of 1839, other entries include the Brownie (1900), the Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963), the Polaroid SX-70 (1972), right up to the Canon EOS 5D Mark III (2012) and the Nokia Lumia camera phone (2013). Illustrations show not only the cameras themselves but also the advertising material that accompanied them and some of the well-known images they were used to take. Pritchard uses each camera as a point of entry for talking about the people who created and used them and the kind of photos they produced, from Weegee and his Speed Graphic to Cartier-Bresson and the Leicas role in the invention of photojournalism. In the hands of individual photographers, he reveals, cameras came to represent unique styles of depiction. Together, the stories of the fifty cameras gathered here present an approachable and informative take on a medium that continues to fire the imagination, whether were perfecting the selfie using the modern camera-phone or longing for the days of Fotomat.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Michael Pritchard FRPS was a photography specialist and Director at Christies, London, UK, for over twenty years and is currently Director-General of The Royal Photographic Society, UK.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloombury
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1472575385
• ISBN 13: 9781472575388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224