Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination
Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination
Editorial Reviews
Review
"...if you are interested in the relationship between geographical imagination and photographic representation you will enjoy this historical journey..."-- Katrine Kjoeller, Magazine of the Royal Geographical Society: Geographical
"Schwartz & Ryan are the first to focus specifically on the connections between the photographic image and geographical inquiry."-- Justin Carville, Source Magazine
"...a valuable and stimulating addition to the archivist's basic library."--Richard J. Cox, Arcan-L
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
Much of our "geographical imagination" has been constructed by images, from the map to the photography to the digital image. This book presents images and analyses from around the world. The images have been selected to cover the period from the invention of photography to today's digital technology.
Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination
Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination,Joan M. Schwartz,James Ryan,John Wiley & Sons Inc,0471983403,Architecture,Earth Sciences - Geography,General,Science,Science/Mathematics,Anthropology,Geography,History Of Art / Art & Design Styles,History of science,Social history,Special kinds of photography
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