The Photograph Collector S Guide

This unique reference provides invaluable information on identifying, cataloging, and valuing cased images. Features updated prices for hundreds of photographs, and the latest preservation trends.

Illustrated with over 500 color photographs of vintage cameras and many images captured with them, here is a comprehensive book for collectors. It tells the story of photography from the camera obscura to digital imaging, with all the major cameras in-between. Early inventors and photographers are highlighted in a discussion of the evolution of cameras Camera groupings are based on format and function. Collectors will learn how to examine, care for, and test a camera, and will find the current price ranges of classic cameras invaluable. The glossary is a primer for the beginning collector and a refresher for the professional.

This unique reference provides invaluable information on identifying, cataloging, and valuing cased images. Features updated prices for hundreds of photographs, and the latest preservation trends.

Edited by Jon E. Feinstein, Alana R. Celii, Grant C. Willing. Introduction by Jon E. Feinstein, Ruben Natal-San Miguel.