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Photoshow : landmark exhibitions that defined the history of photography / edited by Alessandra Mauro.

Contributor(s): Mauro, Alessandra [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500544426 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Photography -- History | Photography -- History -- Exhibitions | Photography | PhotographyDDC classification: 770.9 Summary: From the earliest days of photography, the thrill and immediacy of the new medium were defined at the first public exhibitions. Half art, half science, photography captured the attention of everyone from eager technophiles to curious painters: the art of representation was about to change. This is the first book to study the history of photography via international exhibitions. The foremost historians of the medium describe the most important shows and set them in the context of their times, from Londons Great Exhibition of 1851 to today.
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From the earliest days of photography, the thrill and immediacy of the new medium were defined at the first public exhibitions. Half art, half science, photography captured the attention of everyone from eager technophiles to curious painters: the art of representation was about to change. This is the first book to study the history of photography via international exhibitions. The foremost historians of the medium describe the most important shows and set them in the context of their times, from Londons Great Exhibition of 1851 to today.

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