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The miracle of analogy, or, The history of photography
- Title
- The miracle of analogy, or, The history of photography / Kaja Silverman.
- Author
- Silverman, Kaja
- Publication
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015-
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | v. 1 | Text | Use in library | MFW 15-1825 v. 1 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- volumes : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
- Summary
- Volume one focuses on the nineteenth century and some of its contemporary progeny. It begins with the camera obscura, which morphed into chemical photography and lives on in digital form, and ends with Walter Benjamin. Key figures discussed along the way include Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Daguerre, William Fox-Talbot, Jeff Wall, and Joan Fontcuberta.
- Alternative Title
- Miracle of analogy
- History of photography
- Subject
- Note
- Complete in two volumes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
- Contents
- v. 1. Introduction ; The second coming ; Unstoppable development ; Water in the camera ; A kind of republic ; Je vous ; Posthumous presence
- Call Number
- MFW 15-1825
- ISBN
- 9780804793278 (v. 1 : cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804793271 (v. 1 : cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780804793995 (v. 1 : pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0804793999 (v. 1 : pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2014036175
- 40024811833
- OCLC
- 890808090
- Author
- Silverman, Kaja, author.
- Title
- The miracle of analogy, or, The history of photography / Kaja Silverman.
- Publisher
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2015-
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-195) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40024811833
- Research Call Number
- MFW 15-1825