Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography (3 Volumes)

The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.

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In these alphabetically arranged volumes, Warren, along with 227 contributors, strives to "provide a useful resource on the entire scope of photography in the twentieth century." The set has an international reach, and 324 of its 525 entries cover people, mostly photographers. The remaining articles, as outlined in the thematic list of entries, cover "Equipment" ( Camera: Digital; Enlarger ); "Institutions, Galleries, and Collections" ( Museum of Modern Art ); "Publications and Publishers" ( National Geographic ); "Regions" ( Mexico, photography in ); and "Topics and Terms" ( Contact printing, Industrial photography, Photographic "truth" ). Some articles, such as Camera: An overview, offer surveys on broad topics. Other, such as Cable release, zero in on specifics.