A History of Photography. From 1839 to the Present [Hardcover]

George Eastmans career developed in a particularly American way. Thefounder of Kodakprogressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial innovator in photographic history.

Eastman died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated as aninternational museum of photography and film, and today holds the largest collection of its kind in the world, containingover 400,000 images and negativesamong them the work of such masters as Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Ansel Adams.

Home also to 23,000 cinema films, five million film stills, one of the most important silent film collections, technical equipment and a library with 40,000 books on photography and film, the George Eastman House is a pilgrimage site for researchers, photographers, and collectors from all over the world. This volumecurates the most impressive images from the collectionin chronological order to offer anincomparable overview of photographic history.

BAFrom delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in history: founder of Kodak George Eastman had a decidedly American career. Upon his death, his house became an international museum of photography and film: to this day, it holds the largest collection of its kind in the world. This volume curates the most impressive images from the collection in an incomparable overview of photographic history.An intelligent introduction to the history of photography. In every respect, an outstanding work.