Available for the first time in English--and at a substantial discount off the French edition's $225 price--New History is Michel Frizot's monumental study of photography--from scientific tool to artist's medium, advertising vehicle to photojournalist's notepad. With over 700 illustrations--from the rarest art to the most common snapshots--Frizot draws from the world's greatest collections to create an unparalleled resource for the historian of photography. At this price it belongs in every collection.