Batchen, Geoffrey.

Burning with desire : the conception of photography / Geoffrey Batchen. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 1999. - xii, 273p. : ill., facsims., port. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 1997.

In this retelling of the story of the origins of photography, the author examines the validity of various nominees for the title of first photographer based on a model of historical criticism informed by the theories of Foucault and Derrida.

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Photography--History.
Photographic criticism.

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