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An Illustrated History of Snapshot Photography (Hardback)

From a Victorian Craze to the Digital Age

Illustrated Books Photographic Books

By John Wade
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
Pages: 216
Illustrations: 32 colour & 200 mono illustrations
ISBN: 9781399079150
Published: 18th June 2024

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The arrival of the first snapshot camera in Victorian times bred a new kind of photographer, one who might never before have thought of owning a camera, but for whom the ability to take pictures without any previous experience offered a new liberation. The way snapshot cameras and the pictures they took evolved through the following years and into today’s digital age is what this book is all about. With more than 200 mono pictures and sixteen pages of colour, it examines how different types of snapshot camera opened up opportunities to shoot new kinds of picture; reveals the dubious way in which snapshot photographers were once perceived; shows how to identify where and when certain snapshots were taken; looks at the role of professional snapshot photographers; examines the part snapshots have played in social history; and explains why yesterday’s snapshots are still so important today.

A snapshot may be thought of as something of little value or worth, but as we all know, a humble snap can be priceless when it is of loved ones, past and present.
This really lovely book is a great reminder of that, and is also a reminder of just how vast the variety of equipment that has been used over the 130+ years is.
Full marks, John - I can’t wait for your
next book!

Timothy Campbell, Photographica World

About John Wade

John Wade is a freelance writer and photographer, with more than forty years’ experience in both fields. He has written, illustrated, edited and contributed to more than thirty books, plus numerous magazine articles, for book and magazine publishers in the UK, US and Australia. His specialities are social history as well as photographic history and techniques. His most recent books include Transport Curiosities (Pen & Sword, 2022), Cameras at War (Pen & Sword, 2020); The Golden Age of Science Fiction (Pen & Sword, 2019), London Curiosities (Pen & Sword, 2017), and The Ingenious Victorians (Pen & Sword, 2016).

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