Cameras at War by John Wade - ISBN: 9781526760104
Paperback
Cameras that witnessed history: a century of war through their lenses.

Cameras at War

Photo Gear that Captured 100 Years of Conflict - From Crimea to Korea

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  • Paperback

    280 pages

  • Release Date

    21 July 2020

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Summary

Books about war and the pictures that came out of conflict usually concentrate on the picture content. But behind every picture there is a camera - and that’s what this book is about. Profusely illustrated throughout with pictures of the cameras, rather than the pictures they took, it looks at 100 years of conflict from the Crimean War to the Korean War.

It begins in the days when a photographer needed to be more of a scientist than an artist, such were the difficulties of shooting an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781526760104
ISBN-10:152676010X
Author:John Wade
Publisher:Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint:Pen & Sword Military
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:280
Release Date:21 July 2020
Weight:612g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

”…contains clear and concise writing and excellent illustrations of cameras, accessories, and even vintage advertising.”

”…contains clear and concise writing and excellent illustrations of cameras, accessories, and even vintage advertising.“– “History in Motion”

About The Author

John Wade

John Wade is a freelance writer and photographer, with more than forty years’ experience in both fields. He has written, illustrated, edited and contributed to more than thirty books, plus numerous magazine articles, for book and magazine publishers in the UK, US and Australia. His specialities are photographic history and techniques, as well as social history. His most recent books include The Golden Age of Science Fiction (Pen & Sword, 2019), London Curiosities (Pen & Sword, 2017), and The Ingenious Victorians (Pen & Sword, 2016).

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