Table of Contents

Introduction; Part One: Technical evolution; 1. Pre-history and discovery; 2. Early photography; 3. The "Wet Plate" Era; 4. "Dry" plates, Rollfilms; 5. The Search for Colour; 6. Improving Camera Design; Part Two - Subjects, Stlyes and Approaches; 7. The Documentary Approach; 8. Pictorial photography; 9. Modernist Movements; 10. Changes in Professional Photography; 12. Photography in a Post Modernist Age; Events by Date; Glossary; Brief Bibliographies

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About the Author

Michael Langford, renowned author, teacher, and practitioner, is a legend because of his skill that balanced art and technique. He inspired and taught thousands. As Photography Course Director at the Royal College of Art, London, UK, his key involvement with photography courses and exams set the standard worldwide.