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This latest volume in the MFA Highlights series showcases over 100 stunning photographs from the museum's collection. An extensive introductory essay traces the aesthetic and technical history of photography as an art form, from the early days of the camera obscura through the invention of the daguerreotype and calotype and into the present digital age. In the selection of objects that compose the body of this beautifully designed volume, careful juxtapositions emphasize the graphic qualities of the photos, and extended captions compare and contrast images from different times and places, underscoring shared techniques, sensibilities or subjects. A wide range of photographers--from early experimenters such as Eugene Cuvelier, Charles Marville and Anna Atkins to modern giants Alfred Stieglitz, Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, as well as contemporary practitioners such as James Nachtwey, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Loretta Lux--are represented by portraits and figure studies, city scenes and still lifes, landscapes and seascapes.Product Identifiers
PublisherMuseum of FINE Arts,Boston
ISBN-139780878466764
eBay Product ID (ePID)89417947
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Book TitlePhotography: Mfa Highlights
AuthorKaren E. Haas, Anne E. Havinga
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
Number of Pages224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height230mm
Item Width180mm
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Title_AuthorKaren E. Haas, Anne E. Havinga
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States