The Magic Image: The Genius of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day.
Beaton, Cecil; Buckland, Gail.
Place Published: Boston:
Publisher: Little Brown & Co.,
Date Published: 1975.
Description: STATED FIRST AMERICIAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 304 pages with index. Black & white and color illustrated. The book is NEAR FINE with bump to front bottom edge and light rubbing to bottom cloth baords. . The dust jacket is VERY GOOD with edgewear to back edges, back inside flap is dogeared. NOT price-clipped. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket reads: "'I have seized the light,' Louis Daguerre shouted. On January 7,1839, Daguerre exhibited his first successful photographs in Paris. Less than a month later, Michael Faraday introduced Henry Fox Talbot's similar pioneering experiments to the Royal Society in London. Soon men and women from every walk of life turned their hands and their imaginations to this new science. Many of them made it a new art. The Magic Image records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers Louis Daguerre and Henry Fox Talbot to the great photographers today. An introduction by English master photographer Cecil Beaton, discussing the history and trends of photography, precedes the series of entries devoted to over 200 individual artists. Each entry consists of a key photograph, a comprehensive section of biographical and technical details written by Gail Buckland, Curator of the Royal Photographic Society Collection, and a personal assessment by Beaton of the photographer's contribution to his art. Major artists are further represented by a selection of photographs which are characteristic of their work. A complete glossary of photographic processes and terminology is also included. A delightful book for browsing as well as a valuable reference work, The Magic Image offers a superb overview of photography's past and the artists who have distinguished it. 16 pages of colour. About 45 black and white illustrations."
Edition: First editionBinding: Boards
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dj
Book Id: 7616
Price: $32.00
