Amateur Photographer

An Alternative History of Photography by Philip Prodger

Amy Davies reviews a fascinating new book that takes a fresh view on the history of photography

£39.99, Prestel, hardback, 256 pages, ISBN: 9783791387826

TRADITIONAL histories of photography have typically taken a Westernised, white-centric, male point of view. In this book, celebrated curator and author Philip Prodger attempts to redress the balance of those missing from such standard tomes with an ‘alternative’ look at those who contributed to the

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