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Photography changes everything / edited by Marvin Heiferman ; foreword by Merry A. Foresta.

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Aperture ; Smithsonian Institution, c2012.

Photography -- Social aspects.

Photography -- Philosophy.

9781597111997 (pbk.)

1597111996 (pbk.)

263 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A provocative rethinking of photography's impact on our culture and our daily lives. An exploration of the many ways in which photographs package information and values, demand and hold attention, and shape our knowledge of and experience in the world. Drawing on the visual assets of the Smithsonian Institution's museums, science centers and archives to launch an unprecedented interdisciplinary dialogue on photography's capacity to shape and change our experience of the world, this book features over 300 images and nearly 100 engaging short texts commissioned from experts, writers, inventors, public figures and others -- from Hugh Hefner to John Baldessari, John Waters, Robert Adams, Sandra Phillips and many others. Each story responds to images selected by project contributors. Together they engage readers in a timely exploration of the extent to which our lives have been transformed through our interactions with photographic imagery. Edited by leading photography curator and author Marvin Heiferman, this book provides a unique opportunity to better understand the history, practice and power of photography at this transitional moment in visual culture.

Heiferman, Marvin.

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