| Photographs of Environmental Phenomena: Scientific Images in the Wake of Environmental Awareness, USA 1860s-1970s Contributor(s): Parak, Gisela (Author) |
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ISBN: 3837630854 ISBN-13: 9783837630855 Publisher: Transcript Publishing OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Criticism - Science | History - History |
| Series: Image |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.90 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Well before today's debates on global warming and climate change, photographic images have played an important role in educating the general public about the wonders of nature and the destruction of the global environment. Most now-iconic images have historical precursors. Gisela Parak illuminates how the interrelationship of photography and science gave rise to a genre of photographs of environmental phenomena. She emphasizes the power of these images to support and instruct the scientific pursuit of knowledge, as well as their potency as a means of persuading and shaping public opinion. |