Photography: A Very Short Introduction

"This Very Short Introduction looks at the ideas and concepts that underlie photography in its many incarnations. It asks what particular characteristics define a photograph, and how these characteristics affect the way we understand an image. Examining issues as varied as the claims for an 'art of photography', the politics of observation, and the recent impact of digital photography, Steve Edwards provides a sense of the historical development of the medium alongside a clear account of many of the key critical issues."--BOOK JACKET.

Steve Edwards is Lecturer in Art History at the Open University.