• Hands the reader the tools to decode key photographs by the greatest photographers
• An overview of the history of photography by looking at one image at a time
• An introduction to photography as an art form for both novices and scholars
• Each entry includes a concise biography along with an illuminating discussion of the works and short contextual information
Understanding photographs has never been easy. Many photographs – including some of the best known – were not taken with a clear idea in mind. And ev…





