{"product_id":"seizing-the-light-hardback","title":"Seizing the Light - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive history of photography book, \u003ci\u003eSeizing the Light: A Social \u0026amp; Aesthetic History of Photography\u003c\/i\u003e delivers the fascinating story of how photography as an art form came into being, and its continued development, maturity, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCovering major events, practitioners, works, and social effects of photographic practice, author Robert Hirsch provides a concise and discerning chronological account of photography, drawing on examples from across the world. This fundamental starting place shows the diversity of makers, inventors, issues, and applications, exploring the artistic, critical, and social aspects of the creative thinking process. This new edition has been fully revised and updated to include the latest advances in technology and digital photography, as well as information on contemporary photographers such as Granville Carroll, Meryl McMaster, Cindy Sherman, Penelope Umbrico, and Yang Yongliang. New topics include the rise of mobile photography and surveillance cameras, drone photography, image manipulation, protest and social justice photography, plus the roles of artificial intelligence and social media in photography. Highly illustrated with over 250 full-color images and contributions from hundreds of artists around the world, \u003ci\u003eSeizing the Light\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a gateway to the history of photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in an accessible style, it is perfect for those newly engaging with the practice of photography and for experienced photographers wanting to contextualize their own work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45601128906990,"sku":"9781032100821","price":499.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/seizing-the-light-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}