500 Cameras: 170 Years Of Photographic Innovation

Author: Todd Gustavson

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Price : 49.99 NZD
ISBN : 9781402780868
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Imprint : Sterling
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Weight (g) : 1.338
Publication date : 01 September 2011
Dimensions : 216mm X 216mm X 28mm
Produced in : United States
RRP : 49.99
Availability date : 01 March 2012
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Dewey classification : 771.309
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Pages : 480
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A guide to nearly 200 years of photographic invention and innovation. It showcases 500 cameras from the George Eastman House's collection that forever changed our perception of the world and of ourselves. Alongside the 35mm, it shows cameras like stereoscopic cameras, postcard cameras and spy cameras hidden in watches, buttons and fountain pens.

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Todd Gustavson is curator of technology at the George Eastman House in Rochester, New York. He is responsible for the cataloguing, storage and maintenance of one of the world's largest collections of photographic and cinematic equipment, containing more than 20,000 artifacts. He has curated or co-curated many exhibitions for the museum, including the critically acclaimed travelling exhibition "The Brownie at 100."

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