Still Life in Photography
The first still life photograph was created around 1827, more than a decade before the news of photography's invention was announced in Paris and London in 1839. This title presents a narrative survey of the innovative ways in which photographers throughout the eras have explored... read full description below.
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| Interest Age |
All ages |
| Reading Age |
All ages |
| Library of Congress |
Still-life photography - History |
| NBS Text |
Photography |
| ONIX Text |
General/trade |
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| Number of Pages |
112 |
| Dimensions |
Width: 185mm
Height: 220mm
Spine: 14mm |
| Weight |
467g |
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| Dewey Code |
778.935 |
| Catalogue Code |
147058 |
Description of this Book
Still life is one of the great art forms. The first still life photograph was created around 1827, more than a decade before the news of photography's invention was announced in Paris and London in 1839. There is a resurgence of interest in the still life genre as the digital age transforms the medium. A sumptuous visual and narrative survey of the innovative ways in which photographers throughout the eras have explored the traditional genre of still life. An introductory essay is followed by an illuminating sequence and juxtaposition of plates showing how still life has served as both a conventional and an experimental form during periods of significant aesthetic and technological change. Illustrating the above are 19thC masterpieces by practitioners such as Hippolyte Bayard and Roger Fenton, 20thC examples from Irving Penn and Edward Weston, and a sampling of contemporary artists, some recalling styles from the past.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
<p> Wonderful. -- The Philadelphia Inquirer <p> |
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Author's Bio
Paul Martineau is assistant curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
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