Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843-1875

(Part of the October Books Series)

by Carol Armstrong

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At the end of the 20th century we are accustomed to seeing photographs wedded to text - whether in the family album of daily newspaper - where the verbal framing of the photograph has become invisible. This text is internalized within the image, and the meaning of the photograph itself. It explores the experimental moment, at the inception of the new medium, when the word came to haunt photographic image, and the forty or so years during which the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0262011697

ISBN13:9780262011693

Release Date:November 1998

Publisher:MIT Press (MA)

Length:511 Pages

Weight:3.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.6" x 7.4" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography Book Design Graphic Design History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Photography

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Scenes in a Library: Reading the Photograph in the Book, 1843-1875

(Part of the October Books Series)

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