The Camera and the Press: American Visual and Print Culture in the Age of the Daguerreotype by Marcy J. Dinius

The Camera and the Press: American Visual and Print Culture in the Age of the Daguerreotype

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Marcy J. Dinius

308 pages first pub 2012 (view editions)

nonfiction art history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Before most Americans ever saw an actual daguerreotype, they encountered this visual form through written descriptions, published and rapidly reprinted in newspapers throughout the land. In The Camera and the Press, Marcy J. Dinius examines how th...

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