Reviews for Photographs and local history

The average rating for Photographs and local history based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-10-17 00:00:00 Ralph Vassallo From the earliest camera obscuras through to the modern day (circa 1989), this book traces the history of photography, showing both the technological and aesthetic developments as they transformed the visual landscape. The book does a good job of relating the history behind the photos, as well as displaying the sheer beauty of the images in and of themselves.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-01-18 00:00:00 Susanne Fjellseth This book is particularly good at describing the movement of photographic technology and how that affected content. The emphasis is definitely on early photography, and the book gets a little lost in the contemporary art section; it does not devote enough time to the complex matter of photography post-1960s.