This history of photography, marking an ideal continuity with the "Art of the 20th century" series, responds to the need for accurate informtion for the general public and supplies more specialised investigations of the medium, offering an international overview. The series offers a complete, up-to-date survey of photography through an original and transversal analisys. This special edition gathers four volumes in an exclusive slipcase inspired by the oldest surviving camera photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras, created by Nicéphore Niépce in 1826.
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