This lavish coffee-table book traces the history of photography from the first black & white images to celebrated examples of 21st-century digital photography Photography celebrates the most iconic photographs of the past 200 years &
Includes:: more than 50 biographies of the most famous photographers explaining how they pushed the bounds of the medium It also shows the extraordinary cameras that photographers experimented with from the daguerreotype to the latest camera phones Charting the influence of social & cultural change as well as the impact of science & technology this beautiful book follows the history of photographs from the first grainy attempts at portait & landscape photography to gritty photojournalism street photography & digital photography with special features delving into the stories behind photographic images that changed how people saw the world Packed with information & full of inspiration Photography is the perfect photography book for budding photographers seasoned professionals & anyone with an interest in the fascinating story of photography