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Before photography : painting and the invention of photography

by Peter Galassi

This 1981 exhibition catalogue traces the artistic origins of photography to a shift in visual perspective. It contains reproductions of paintings and early photographs, including colour plates, supported by artist biographies and a bibliography.

Accession 31884 ISBN 0870702548 Publisher MoMA
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