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Picture Research

Picture Research

Picture Research

The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization

by Nina Lager Vestberg

ISBN: 9780262045315

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: June 6, 2023

An intimate foray into the invisible work that made it possible for pictures to circulate in print and online from the 1830s to the 2010s.
Visual Plague

Visual Plague

Visual Plague

The Emergence of Epidemic Photography

by Christos Lynteris

ISBN: 9780262544221

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 25, 2022

How epidemic photography during a global pandemic of bubonic plague contributed to the development of modern epidemiology and our concept of the “pandemic.”
Since 1839…

Since 1839…

Since 1839…

Eleven Essays on Photography

by Clément Chéroux

Translated by Shane B. Lillis

ISBN: 9780262045773

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 9, 2021

Essays on a range of photographic topics by the recently appointed Joel and Anne Ehrenkranz Chief Curator of Photography at MoMA.
Paper Graveyards

Paper Graveyards

Paper Graveyards

by Eduardo Cadava

ISBN: 9780262046046

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 26, 2021

A generously illustrated training manual for reading images, discussing work by Félix Nadar, Roland Barthes, Fazal Sheikh, Susan Meiselas, and others.
Snapshot Photography

Snapshot Photography

Snapshot Photography

The Lives of Images

by Catherine Zuromskis

ISBN: 9780262544115

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 24, 2021

An examination of the contradictions within a form of expression that is both public and private, specific and abstract, conventional and countercultural.
Documentary in Dispute

Documentary in Dispute

Documentary in Dispute

The Original Manuscript of Changing New York by Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland

by Sarah M. Miller

ISBN: 9780262044172

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: December 8, 2020

The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography.
On Photographs

On Photographs

On Photographs

by David Campany

ISBN: 9780262044240

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 13, 2020

An exploration of photography in 120 photographs.
The Birth of the Idea of Photography

The Birth of the Idea of Photography

The Birth of the Idea of Photography

by François Brunet

Translated by Shane B. Lillis

ISBN: 9780262043267

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 12, 2019

A milestone work that examines the democratic idea of photography and its expansion in common culture, particularly in the United States; generously illustrated.
Contact Warhol

Contact Warhol

Contact Warhol

Photography Without End

Edited by Peggy Phelan and Richard Meyer

ISBN: 9780262038997

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 23, 2018

Andy Warhol's daily practice of photography during the last decade of his life, examined and documented for the first time.
The "Public" Life of Photographs

The "Public" Life of Photographs

The "Public" Life of Photographs

Edited by Thierry Gervais

ISBN: 9780262035194

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 14, 2016

An exploration of the relationship between how photographs are made available to the public and how they are received and understood.
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