First Doubt: Optical Confusion in Modern Photography: Selections from the Allan Chasanoff Collection

by Joshua Chuang

Many photographers have been intrigued with the baffling distortions--both subtle and disquieting--that can occur when the camera "captures" the real world. Not always intentional, some images dazzle with impossible juxtapositions or disorienting spatial orders, while others confound the viewer's belief in the documentary promise of photography.

Drawn from the highly respected collection of Allan Chasanoff, the photographs in this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300141335
• ISBN13: 9780300141337
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Art Gallery
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.3" x 11.2"