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Product Identifiers

PublisherReaktion Books, The Limited

ISBN-101780235259

ISBN-139781780235257

eBay Product ID (ePID)210425528

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameOn Photography

SubjectGeneral, Semiotics & Theory, Individual Photographers / Essays

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Photography

AuthorWalter Benjamin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight6.1 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal770.1

Table Of ContentIntroduction: Walter Benjamin and the Birth of Photography Esther Leslie Small History of Photography (1931) Nothing Wrong with the Illustrated Press! (1925) Letter to Grete Cohn (16 October 1927) New Things about Flowers (1928) Paris, the City in the Mirror: Declarations of Love by Poets and Artists to the 'Capital of the World' (1929) The Wall (c. 1932-4) Review of Gisèle Freund's La Photographie en France au dix-neuvième siècle. Essai de sociologie et d'esthétique (1938) Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements

SynopsisWalter Benjamin's 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nic phore Ni pce and their aesthetic and technical achievements. On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin's work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that considers Benjamin's engagement with photography in all its forms, including early commercial studio photography, the uses of photography in science, and much more., Walter Benjamin's essay 'A Short History of Photography' (1931) made bold statements about photographic pioneers such as David Octavius Hill and Nicéphore Niépce, and the social and historical context of their work. This first selection of Benjamin's writings on photography includes a new translation of this influential essay as well as a range of Benjamin's other writings, both published and unpublished, some of which are translated into English for the first time here., Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nicéphore Niépce and their aesthetic and technical achievements. On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin's work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that considers Benjamin's engagement with photography in all its forms, including early commercial studio photography, the uses of photography in science, and much more., Walter Benjamin s 1931 essay A Short History of Photography is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nicephore Niepce and their aesthetic and technical achievements. On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin s work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that considers Benjamin s engagement with photography in all its forms, including early commercial studio photography, the uses of photography in science, and much more. "

LC Classification NumberTR183