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| − | '''Beaumont Newhall''' (1908 – 1993) was an art historian, writer, photographer and the first curator of photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York. His "The History of Photography" (1st edition, 1939) remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photo history textbook. | + | '''Beaumont Newhall''' (1908 – 1993) was an art historian, writer, photographer and the first curator of photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York. His "The History of Photography" (1st edition, 1939) remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photo history textbook. He studied art history and museum studies at Harvard University (1930). Newhall mounted a survey exhibition of photography for the Museum in 1937, "Photography, 1839-1937". The 800-work exhibition toured the country and the catalog for the show became a staple for the history of photography. |
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Revision as of 13:35, 17 December 2013
Beaumont Newhall (1908 – 1993) was an art historian, writer, photographer and the first curator of photography at Museum of Modern Art, New York. His "The History of Photography" (1st edition, 1939) remains one of the most significant accounts in the field and has become a classic photo history textbook. He studied art history and museum studies at Harvard University (1930). Newhall mounted a survey exhibition of photography for the Museum in 1937, "Photography, 1839-1937". The 800-work exhibition toured the country and the catalog for the show became a staple for the history of photography.
Books
- Newhall Beaumont, The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day, , New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1939 (1st ed.), 1982 (4th edition).
- A Short Critical History of Photography
Literature
- Ya'ara Gil Glazer, "A new kind of history? The challenges of contemporary histories of photography", Journal of Art Historiography, no. 3, December 2010 [1].
