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Title:
The concise Focal encyclopedia of photography : from the first photo on paper to the digital revolution / Michael R. Peres ... [et al.]
Author:
Peres, Michael R.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Elsevier ; [Burlington, MA] : Focal Press, c2008.
Call Number:
TR9 .C65 2008
ISBN:
9780240809984
Physical Description:
xx, 310 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents:
History and evolution of photography / Mark Osterman and Grant B. Romer -- Contemporary thoughts on the history of photography / Grant B. Romer -- The technical evolution of photography in the 19th century / Mark Osterman -- Introduction to the biographies of selected innovators of photographic technology / Grant B. Romer -- Selected photographs from the 19th century / Mark Osterman -- Major themes and photographers of the 20th century / Nancy M. Stuart -- Photography in the 20th century / Nancy M. Stuart -- Photography, fine art photography, and the visual arts : 1900-2001 / Saul Ostrow -- Photography and society in the 20th century / Gretchen Garner -- Photography and desire : fashion, glamour, and pornography / Bruce Checefsky -- Photography programs in the 20th century museums, galleries, and collections / Lynne Bentley-Kemp -- Photographic higher education in the United States / Nancy M. Stuart -- Photographic workshops : a changing educational practice / Christopher Burnett -- Magazines : the photographers' press in the United States and Great Britain during the transition decade of the 1960s / David Brittain -- Histories, theories, criticism / Gary Sampson -- African Americans as photographers and photographic subjects / David C. Hart -- Biographies of selected photographers from the 20th century / Robert Hirsch, Ken White and Garie Waltzer -- Contemporary issues / J. Tomas Lopez -- A different set of questions for a New Age / J. Tomas Lopez -- Academic and pedagogical issues : the impact of digital imaging on photographic education / Margaret P. Evans -- Ethical photojournalism : its authenticity and impact / John Kaplan -- The future of publishing / Millard Schlsier -- 100 years from now ... / Daniel Burgs -- Perception, evidence, truth, and seeing / Richard Zakia -- The photo marketplace and contemporary image makers / Dailee Kaplan -- The photographic studio of the 21st century / Doug Manchee -- Types of studios / Joseph DeMalo.

Photographic virtual reality / John (Craig) Freeman -- Potlatch, auction, and the in-between : digital art and digital audiences / A.D. Coleman -- The pressure to stay current / Barry Haynes -- Science as art / Michael R. Peres and David Malin.
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