Photography, both in the form of contemporary practice and that of historical material, now occupies a significant place in the citadels of Western art culture.

Ever since the mid-nineteenth century, when the new medium of photography was pressed into service to illustrate sculpture, photographs of sculptural objects ha

This lucid and comprehensive collection of essays by an international group of scholars constitutes a photo-historical survey of select photographers who embrac

After World War II the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) in San Francisco hired renowned photographer Ansel Adams to establish one of the first fine art pho

In this volume, more than 20 leading scholars discuss the discipline, practice, historiography, and study of photography, from William Henry Fox Talbot to Louis