On Photography Edited and Esther Leslie

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On Photography by Edited and Esther Leslie

Walter Benjamin's essay 'A Short History of Photography' (1931) made boldstatements about photographic pioneers such as David Octavius Hill andNicphore Nipce, and the social and historical context of their work. Thisfirst selection of Benjamin's writings on photography includes a new translationof this influential essay as well as a range of Benjamin's other writings,both published and unpublished, some of which are translated intoEnglish for the first time here.

About Edited and Esther Leslie

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) was a German philosopher and cultural critic and one of the most important theorists of the twentieth century. Esther Leslie is professor of political aesthetics at Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of "Hollywood Flatlands: Animation, Critical Theory and the Avant "Garde; "Synthetic Worlds: Nature, Art and the Chemical Industry"; and "Walter Benjamin," the latter two also published by Reaktion Books.

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ISBN 13

9781780235257

ISBN 10

1780235259

Title

On Photography by Edited and Esther Leslie

Author

Edited and Esther Leslie

Condition

Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Reaktion Books

Year published

2015-09-01

Number of pages

128

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