Isms: Understanding Photography

Book Description

Isms: Understanding Photography packs an enormous amount of detail into a handy, attractive guide tracing the evolution of photography through a series of interconnected trends, groups, themes and movements – from the invention of the photographic process to the post-internet age. Organised chronologically, this is a uniquely international, comprehensive guide to photography with concise, readable and jargon-free but scholarly insight into major photographers, movements and themes of the past 170 years. In an age where photography is of more resonance and interest than ever before, Isms: Understanding Photography offers an in-depth and clear exposition of photography for the interested general reader or student.

中文：

书名：ISM：理解摄影

主义：了解摄影将大量的细节打包成一本方便、有吸引力的指南，通过一系列相互关联的趋势、群体、主题和运动来追踪摄影的演变-从摄影过程的发明到后互联网时代。按照时间顺序组织，这是一个独特的国际，全面的摄影指南与简明，可读性和无术语，但学术的见解主要摄影师，运动和主题的过去170年。在一个摄影比以往任何时候都更具共鸣和兴趣的时代，ISMS：了解摄影为感兴趣的普通读者或学生提供了对摄影的深入和清晰的阐述。