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Picture Research
The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization
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
The Emergence of Epidemic Photography
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…
Eleven Essays on Photography
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
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
The Lives of Images
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
The Original Manuscript of Changing New York by Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland
ISBN: 9780262044172
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 8, 2020
The recreation of a landmark in 1930s documentary photography.
On Photographs
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
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
Photography Without End
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
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.

Picture Research
The Work of Intermediation from Pre-Photography to Post-Digitization
ISBN: 9780262045315
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: June 6, 2023
Visual Plague
The Emergence of Epidemic Photography
ISBN: 9780262544221
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 25, 2022
Since 1839…
Eleven Essays on Photography
ISBN: 9780262045773
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 9, 2021
Paper Graveyards
ISBN: 9780262046046
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 26, 2021
Snapshot Photography
The Lives of Images
ISBN: 9780262544115
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: August 24, 2021
Documentary in Dispute
The Original Manuscript of Changing New York by Berenice Abbott and Elizabeth McCausland
ISBN: 9780262044172
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: December 8, 2020
On Photographs
ISBN: 9780262044240
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 13, 2020
The Birth of the Idea of Photography
The Birth of the Idea of Photography
ISBN: 9780262043267
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 12, 2019
Contact Warhol
Photography Without End
ISBN: 9780262038997
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 23, 2018
The "Public" Life of Photographs
The "Public" Life of Photographs
ISBN: 9780262035194
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 14, 2016