Main entry:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940, author.

Title & Author:

On photography / Walter Benjamin ; edited and translated by Esther Leslie.

Publication:

[London, UK] : Reaktion Books, 2015.

Description:

156 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : Walter Benjamin and the birth of photography -- Small history of photography (1931) -- Nothing wrong with the illustrated press! (1925) -- Letter to Grete Cohn (16 October 1927) -- New things about flowers (1928) -- Paris, the city in the mirror : declarations of love by poets and artists to the 'capital of the world' (1929) -- The wall (c. 1932-4) -- Review of Gisèle Freund's La photographie en France au dix-neuvième siècle. essai de sociologie et d'esthétique (1938).

Summary:

Benjamin's writings on photography includes a new translation of this influential essay as well as a range of other writings, both published and unpublished, some are translated into English for first time here. As a notable philosopher, critic and uniquely imaginative thinker, Benjamin's essays offer a fascinating critique of early photography.

ISBN:

1780235259 (paperback)
9781780235257 (paperback)

Subject:

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Translations into English.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 Traductions anglaises.
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940
Photography Appreciation.
Photography History.
Photographie Appréciation.
Photographie Histoire.
Photography.

Form/genre:

Essays.
History
Translations

Added entries:

Leslie, Esther, 1964- editor, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291209
Call No.: BIB 234685
Status: External loan