Companion Guide to Photography in the National Galleries of S... - 9781906270209

Companion Guide to Photography in the National Galleries of ScotlandAuthor(s): Sara Stevenson, Duncan Forbes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: National Galleries of Scotland, United Kingdom\nImprint: National Galleries of Scotland\nISBN-13: 9781906270209, 978-1906270209\nSynopsis\nSince the practical invention of photography in the 1840s, Scotland has been at the centre of the history and development of the medium. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery - which houses the Scottish National Photography Collection - and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, hold outstanding collections of photographic art spanning three centuries. Included are figures such as [url] Hill and Robert Adamson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Thomas Annan, Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Capa, Bill Brandt, Annie Leibovitz and Andreas Gursky. This book offers a detailed guide to the collections as well as an accessible and informative introduction to photography. This revised edition includes recently commissioned phot.