The last word within the sociology of pictures: a very encyclopaedic tome. Warner proceeds from the invention of images throughout genres ( struggle, documentary, social sciences, mass media, publish-modernism, youth and beauty and so on) Her categories are broad-ranging, free and eclectic: even a cursory studying of the contents page is instructive!
The format proceeds kind of chronologically through the photographers who've made their mark in photographic and artwork historical past, contextualising them throughout the time and the place ( this is neither a Euro nor Americo-centric work) together with illustrations of their work with prolonged captions, a contextualisation of the style within the history and then a quick summarising "retake" on the end of each chapter, a "focus" page on a topic or a person, all the best way to the stirrings of digital technology.
It is referenced, with a very good bibliography: I can't think about a greater single volume introduction to photographic criticism and appreciation. In fashion, it's dense, compacting rather a lot into a small space, but nonetheless very readable: to dip or to burrow into with equal pleasure. A desert island book.
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