The Photographic World Picture
A New Prehistory of Photography
$83.00
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2026
Summary
A dynamic prehistory of photography tracing the medium through more than four centuries of Western art
The prehistory of photography is often told as a story of science, of a magic arising from the camera obscura and advances in chemistry, but not as a history of art. In this exhilarating and erudite book, Andrew Moisey uses a practicing photographer’s perspective to show how a sense of “being there”—the immediacy, takenness, and embodiment inherent in a photograph—originates in the W…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300285208 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300285205 |
| Author: | Andrew Moisey |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 203mm |
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“Moisey’s exceptionally ambitious and independent-minded study conjoins Western philosophy and art history in surprising and stimulating ways. His impressive knowledge of art history and philosophy complemented by his photographic practice gives a sense of emerging from the library, the museum, and the studio.”—Michael Leja, author of A Flood of Pictures: The Formation of a Picture Culture in the United States“This book aspires to nothing less than capturing Western ways of relating to images from Hieronymus Bosch to Andreas Gursky. The book fulfills its titular promise and more.”— Andrei Pop, University of Chicago
About The Author
Andrew Moisey
Andrew Moisey is assistant professor in the Department of History of Art & Visual Studies at Cornell University.
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