The Irish: A Photohistory
The first Irish photographs date from 1840, a year after Louis Daguerre announced to the world his discovery of the photographic process. In the century that followed, Irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for Home Rule, and finally for independence. Ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromise. Much of that experience, now so remote, is brought to life here in images so powerful that they remind one of the miracle that photography once seemed. Yet these photographs, which cover the first century of Ireland in the era of photography, do more than tell a gripping political story…
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Weitere Autoren: Kinealy, Christine
- ISBN: 978-0-500-29079-8
- EAN: 9780500290798
- Produktnummer: 14074982
- Verlag: Thames & Hudson
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B20.5 cm x D2.5 cm 849 g
- Gewicht: 849
Über den Autor
Sean Sexton is an Irish-born photographic collector and author of The Irish: A Photohistory. He has been collecting historic photographs of Ireland for 40 years. His passion and expertise have made him a world leader in the field.
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