Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London. The Photograph Collector's Guide. Untitled (Friends of Photography) shifts seamlessly from traditional forms

shifts seamlessly from traditional forms to whimsical

offering a broad spectrum of work ranging from 19th-century pioneers to contemporary masters

analyzing how the camera transformed from an experimental laboratory novelty into the world's most powerful medium for documenting current events and shaping public opinion

and hundreds of pieces of early apparatus

Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London. The Photograph Collector's Guide. Untitled (Friends of Photography) shifts seamlessly from traditional formsBoston: NYGS, 1979. 1st edition. Indispensable reference with biographies, bibliographies, and facsimiles of signatures of numerous master photographers, with brief listings for hundreds of others. With extensive information about museum collections, exhibition galleries, chronology of photography, explanation of processes, glossary, care and restoration, matting and framing, limited edition portfolios, separate list of daguerreotypists, detailed