The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Photography is a landmark publication thatencompasses the history, art, and science of photography in a single volume. At atime when information is instantly accessible on the Internet but is oftenunreliable or uncited, this ambitious project both reasserts the veracity, reliability,and accuracy of scholarly research in reference publishing and offers an immersive,usable, beautifully designed reading experience.
Compiled under the editorial guidance of curator, writer, and art historianNathalie Herschdorfer, and in consultation with an international panel of 150experts, this volume is based on entirely new scholarship by seventy-nine researchersfrom sixteen countries. Over 1,200 concise yet fully detailed entries describe allaspects of the subject, including photographers, images, agencies, genres, movements,exhibitions, publications, collectors, techniques, and processes. Entries from AnselAdams, Diane Arbus, and amateur photographers to Emile Zola, Piet Zwart, and thezoom lens are enriched by 300 images showing key works, artist portraits, exhibitions,installations, and publications.