History of Photography. The Photograph: A Social History by Michel F. Braive. Signed Copy Unlike earlier canonical histories that

Unlike earlier canonical histories that chart a neat progression from invention to fine art

Expansion and Conflict: Breathtaking landscape photography from the American West (surveys) and the gritty

It arrived during a period of "Americana" revival

The Rejection of Modernism: The catalog reflects a move toward Postmodernism

History of Photography. The Photograph: A Social History by Michel F. Braive. Signed Copy Unlike earlier canonical histories thatMcGraw Hill, 1966. 1st U. S. edition, gray cloth with silver printing. Outstanding work, translated from the French, never superseded in part because vast majority of illustrations not reproduced in other histories. A very good copy of this large and impressive book with light soiling to cloth, with a fair but still presentable protected dust jacket that has three large edge chips on the front and one quite big triangular chip on the back. Inner panes