On Photography by Leslie, Esther

On Photography

Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism...
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Author: Esther Leslie
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On Photography by Leslie, Esther

On Photography

BD$62.46

On Photography

BD$62.46
Author: Esther Leslie
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Walter Benjamin's 1931 essay "A Short History of Photography" is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nic phore Ni pce and their aesthetic and technical achievements.

On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin's work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that considers Benjamin's engagement with photography in all its forms, including early commercial studio photography, the uses of photography in science, and much more.


Author: Esther Leslie, Walter Benjamin
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 12/15/2015
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.80h x 4.60w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781780235257

About the Author
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German philosopher and cultural critic and one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century. Esther Leslie is professor of political aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant Garde; Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry; and Walter Benjamin, the latter two also published by Reaktion Books.



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