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PHOTO ICONS: THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURES VOLUME 1
Hans-Michael Koetzle
Taschen, 2008
Hardcover
192 pages
Fully illustrated, colour & b+w
ISBN: 9783836508032
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Photographs shape the way we see the world and influence our perceptions of reality. To demonstrate the unique and profound influence on culture and society that photographs have, Photo Icons looks at some of the most important images in the world. Chapters focus on a single image, which is described and analysed in detail in its aesthetic, historical, and artistic contexts. Volume I begins with the very first permanent images (Nicèphore Nièpce's 1827 8-hour-exposure rooftop picture and Louis Daguerre's famous 1839 street scene) and takes the reader through to the avant-garde photography of the 1920s.
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