PHOTOGRAPHY: A CULTURAL HISTORY (2ND EDITION)........MARY WARNER MARIEN..........

THIS GROUNDBREAKING  SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH EXAMINES THE DISCIPLINE ACROSS THE FULL RANGE OF IT'S USES BY BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS, HAS BEEN EXPANDED AND BROUGHT UP TO DATE FOR THIS SECOND EDITION . EACH OF THE EIGHT CHAPTERS TAKES A PERIOD OF UP TO 40 YEARS AND EXAMINES THE MEDIUM THROUGH THE LENSES OF ART ,SCIENCE TRAVEL, WAR, FASHION, THE MASS MEDIA AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTITIONERS. THESE BROAD TOPICS COMPLEMENT A FULLY DEVELOPED CULTURAL CONTEXT WHOSE EMPHASIS IS MORE ON KEY IDEAS THAN INDIVIDUALS. THE AUTHOR ALSO PAYS CLOSE ATTENTION TO HOW CONTEMPORARY PRACTITIONERS, COMMENTATORS AND BEHOLDERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT SPECIFIC WORKS, THE NATURE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S CHANGING ROLE IN SOCIETY............  LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING.