Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital - Todd Gustavson.


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Condition
The pre-owned (former library) book is in good condition. Please see the photos of the item to see its condition.
Publication Date
2009-10-01
Pages
360
ISBN
9781402756566
EAN
9781402756566
Publication Year
2009
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Camera : a History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital
Item Height
1.2in.
Author
Todd Gustavson, George Eastman House Staff, Derek Doeffinger
Item Length
11.8in.
Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Genre
Photography
Topic
General, History
Item Width
10.3in.
Number of Pages
368 Pages

About this product

Product Information

Cameras, and what they capture, forever changed our perception of the world, and of ourselves. Few inventions have had the impact of this ingenious, elegant, and deceptively simple device. This gorgeous cornerstone volume, created in collaboration with the world-famous George Eastman House, celebrates the camera and the art of the photograph. It spans almost two hundred years of progress, from the first faint image ever caught to the instantaneous pictures snapped by today's state-of-the-art digital equipment. The informative narrative by Todd Gustavson traces the camera's development, the lives of its brilliant but often eccentric inventors, and the artists behind the lens. Images and highly descriptive captions for more than 350 cameras from the George Eastman House Collection, plus more than 100 historic photos, ads, and drawings, complement the text. A foreword by the George Eastman House Director Anthony Bannon, and insightful essays by Steve Sasson, inventor of the digital camera, and Alexis Gerard, visionary founder and president of Future Image Inc., completes this illuminating study of one of the greatest modern technological achievements.  

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
ISBN-10
1402756569
ISBN-13
9781402756566
Product ID (ePID)
72349749

Product Key Features

Book Title
Camera : a History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital
Author
Todd Gustavson, George Eastman House Staff, Derek Doeffinger
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, History
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Photography
Number of Pages
368 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
11.8in.
Item Height
1.2in.
Item Width
10.3in.

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Tr15.G88 2009
Copyright Date
2009
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2008-045851
Dewey Decimal
770.9
Dewey Edition
22
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