Negative/Positive: A History of Photography

by Geoffrey Batchen

As its title suggests, Negative/Positive begins with the negative, a foundational element of analog photography that is nonetheless usually ignored, and uses this to tell a representative, rather than comprehensive, history of the medium.

The fact that a photograph is split between negative and positive manifestations means that its identity is always simultaneously divided and multiplied. The interaction of these two components was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367405830
• ISBN13: 9780367405830
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"