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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Walter Benjamin’s essay ‘A Small History of Photography’ (1931) made bold statements about photographic ographic pionee pioneers such as David Octavius Hill and Nic?phore Ni?pce and the social and historical context of their work. This first selection of Benjamin’s writings on the subject of photography includes a new translation of this influential essay as well as a range of Benjamin’s other writings some of which have never be been published or are here translated into English for the first time. Esther Leslie’s introduction covers Benjamin’s writing on early photographic methods and aesthetics; his analysis of the commercial studio photography of the ‘decadent’ bourgeoisie; the use of photo- graphs in scientific research; and other innovative photographic methods such as the ‘auraless’ images of Eug?ne Atget and the ‘new visions’ of August Sander and Germaine Krull. Leslie discusses Benjamin’s take on the evolution of photography into a modern form the universal fascination with the seemingly simple postcard – an interest dating back to Benjamin’s own childhood – as well as the special relationship found between Paris and the photographic method. he As a notable philosopher critic and uniquely imaginative thinker Benjamin’s essays offer a fascinating critique of early photography. They a are supported here by a substantial introduction contextualizing prefaces and comprehensive glossaries by Leslie to guide the reader through Benjamin’s multifaceted engagement with the significance (LL)