The Photographic Experience 1839-1914: Images and Attitudes

This refreshing history focuses on the assimilation of photography, at the time of its invention, into the many facets of society including literature, poetry, music, and fashion. The authors examine photographic ephemera and humor, photography and the law, photography and journalism with special attention to advertising and war, and much more. "With a wide array of images--many never before published--they illustrate the photograph's use as a record of public and private moments in life."--the publisher.