Une histoire de la photographie à travers les collections du musée Nicéphore Nièpce, Sylvain Besson

From the origins of photography to the latest digital advances, a fascinating inventory.

Foreword by Michel Frizot

This book covers the history of photography from its invention in 1827 to its contemporary uses, through the collections of the Nicéphore Niépce Museum, which contain 4 million photographs, 8,000 cameras and 30,000 technical or illustrated magazines and books. Off the beaten track, this is "another history" of photography that focuses on the richness of the medium in its diversity of techniques, artistic currents, and modes of distribution.
It lists the social, documentary and commercial dimensions of photography since its origins.
Voluntarily heterogeneous, almost encyclopedic, it bears witness to the different paths taken by photography.

Editions Textuels, 2022
Text in French and English
28 x 21 cm
hard cover
360 pages
ISBN: 978-2-84597-928-4