Picture Research
The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
11 July 2023
Summary
An intimate foray into the invisible work that made it possible for pictures to circulate in print and online from the 1830s to the 2010s.
Picture Research focuses on how pictures were saved, stored, and searched for in a time before scanners, servers, and search engines, and describes the dramatic difference it made when images became scannable, searchable, and distributable via the internet. While the camera, the darkroom, and the printed page are well-known sites of photog…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262045315 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262045311 |
| Author: | Nina Lager Vestberg |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 11 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Nina Lager Vestberg
Nina Lager Vestberg is Professor of Visual Culture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. She is a member of the editorial board of History of Photography, and her work has been published in journals ranging from Journal of Visual Culture to Museum Management and Curatorship.
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