Photography and the art of chance /

Kelsey, Robin, 1961-

Photography and the art of chance / Robin Kelsey. - 2015 - 398 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

William Henry Fox Talbot and his picture machine -- Defining art against the mechanical, c. 1860 -- Julia Margaret Cameron transfigures the glitch -- The fog of beauty, c. 1890 -- Alfred Stieglitz moves with the city -- Stalking chance and making news, c. 1930 -- Frederick Sommer decomposes our nature -- Pressing photography into a modernist mold, c. 1970 -- John Baldessari plays the only game in town.

9780674744004 (hbk : alk. paper)

2014040717


Photography, Artistic--Philosophy.
Chance in art.


Print books.

TR642 / .K445 2015

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