Four Arts of Photography An Essay in Philosophy

Re-examines the history of art photography through four major photographic movements and with case studies of representative images
Employs a top-down, theory to case approach, as well as a bottom-up, case to theory approach
Advances a new theory regarding the nature of photography that is grounded in technology but doesn't place it in opposition to painting
Includes commentaries by two leading philosophers of photography, Diarmuid Costello and Cynthia A. Freeland