This is the first Oxford Companion to deal with the subject of photography. It appears at a watershed in the medium's history, as digital imaging increasingly dominates the global photography scene at both amateur and professional levels. In addition to a wide range of technical information, the book encapsulates in concise and readily accessible form the mass of recent scholarship on photography as a social and artistic practice, organized both thematically and geographically. There are over 800 biographical entries, both on photographers and on other individuals who have significantly influenced photographic culture from the early 19th century to the
present. The book's scope is worldwide.
The international team of contributors is made up of leading authorities in their fields, and include: Heather Angel, Sylvie Aubenas, Quentin Bajac, Marta Braun, Clement Cheroux, Elizabeth Edwards, John Falconer, Colin Ford, Ron Graham, Sarah Greenough, Mark Haworth-Booth, Roger Hicks, Paul Hill, Jens Jaeger, Jan-Erik Lundstrom, Naomi Rosenblum, Rolf Sachsse, Martha Sandweiss, Graham Saxby, Joan Schwartz, Sara Stevenson, Roger Taylor, Regine Thiriez, John Ward, Liz Wells, and Mike Ware.
The book is extensively illustrated and includes many pictures never before published. The majority of the 1600-plus entries include suggestions for further reading. But the work's usefulness is further enhanced by the inclusion of an extensive bibliography, a chronology of photographic history, a list of important websites, and an index of people.
Features
- A must for anyone with an interest in photography, amateur or professional - the perfect discerning gift
- The international team of over 140 contributors are leading authorities in their fields
- Covers technology, photography as a social and artistic practice, and over 800 biographies of photographers and others who played important roles in the development of photography
- Stunningly illustrated, with 48 pages of colour plates, 250 black-and-white half tones, some published here for the first time, and around 40 diagrams
- Special feature entries include the American West, early Japanese tourist images, and pandas in China
- Fully cross-referenced, with an extensive bibliography, a chronology, a list of websites, and an index of people
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Editors and Contributors
Contents
The Oxford Companion to the Photograph A-Z
Chronology
List of Websites
Select Bibliography
Index of People and Companies
Picture Acknowledgements
Photographers, and anyone with an interest in photography, including general readers keen on the visual arts and photography in particular, and those professionally engaged with photography and visual media. It will also appeal to readers interested in the social history of the last 150 years.
