| On Photography Contributor(s): Leslie, Esther (Editor), Benjamin, Walter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780235259 ISBN-13: 9781780235257 Publisher: Reaktion Books OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Individual Photographers - Essays |
| Dewey: 770 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.6" W x 7.8" (0.40 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nic phore Ni pce and their aesthetic and technical achievements. On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin's work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that considers Benjamin's engagement with photography in all its forms, including early commercial studio photography, the uses of photography in science, and much more. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leslie, Esther: - Esther Leslie is professor of political aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of many books and is, most recently, the editor and translator of Walter Benjamin s On Photography, also published by Reaktion Books. Benjamin, Walter: - Walter Benjamin (1892 1940) was a German philosopher and cultural critic and one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century. |