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The Medium Format Advantage

The Medium Format Advantage

Learn the advantages and capabilities of medium-format cameras and examine all aspects of medium-format operations including SLR twin lens panoramic rangefinder wide angle press and view cameras. Also explained and illustrated are lenses and their accessories motor drives films flashes filters slides and slide projectors and more. Includes black and white and color photographs and drawings to illustrate proper use of equipment and various techniques effects and possibilities that produce successful photographs with the best possible image quality. The medium format is truly the format in the middle. It combines many of the benefits of 35 mm photography with those of the large format making a medium format system an excellent choice for almost all types of photography from candid action with a hand-held camera to critical studio work from a tripod. Special chapters are devoted to these different applications and the type of equipment that most likely meets your photography needs. This book explains clearly the medium format's benefits advantages and disadvantages and provides a comparison of the medium format to other formats so you can decide whether it is right for you and your photography. | The Medium Format Advantage

GBP 175.00
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Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation

Medium-Sized Cities in the Age of Globalisation provides a brand-new perspective on academic discussions of globalisation through exploring urban development outside of select global cities including Paris Tokyo and London and instead focuses on medium-sized cities in the context of a globalising world. Combining the author’s expertise with extensive research this book fills a gap in the scholarly debate on globalisation and urban development with chapters of the book giving detailed insight on urban governance and economy local identity and urban representation. Through a range of visual sources including maps tables and graphs the book is applicable and accessible and offers a specialised analysis of medium-sized cities through assessing urban regeneration policies as well as promotional activities and their role in promoting positive change in an era of great inter-urban competition. This book contains valuable historical insights and is excellent specialised material for scholars and postgraduate students in the disciplines of Urban History Urban Studies and Geography as well as being a significant source for professionals working in urban planning and place promotion

GBP 130.00
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Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

The growing importance of projects in organizations combined with difficulties in their implementation is accompanied by the need for professional knowledge in the field of project management. It results from the complexity of project management problems and the difficulty of knowledge that must be applied. However surprisingly little is known about this topic especially in the context of European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A European Perspective attempts to fill this specific research gap. The book analyses the process of managing projects being implemented by small and medium-sized firms from Europe identifies organizational processes and verifies which elements of these processes require improvement. It concentrates on issues around the multifaceted characteristics of project management with particular emphasis on the process of managing European small and medium enterprises. The book is the result of many years of empirical research and consists of two main parts: A systematization of concepts terminology and thus knowledge in the field of project management with particular emphasis on the phases of planning organizing as well as leading and controlling in the project as well as small and medium-sized enterprises with particular emphasis on their specificity and role in the modern European economy. A systematization of concepts terminology and thus knowledge in the field of project management with particular emphasis on the phases of planning organizing as well as leading and controlling in the project as well as small and medium-sized enterprises with particular emphasis on their specificity and role in the modern European economy Verification and development of such model procedures in the management of projects so that the SME enterprises’ functioning will be efficient and effective. There is a close relationship between the two parts. The theoretical part is the foundation on which practical considerations are later carried out. Integrating theoretical and practical issues the book introduces new content to the literature and has the practical value of indicating how to manage projects in SMEs in the European Union. It also examines the decision-making processes related to project management in these organizations. | Project Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises A European Perspective

GBP 89.99
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Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

An examination of all of the multidisciplinary aspects of medium- and high-power converter systems including basic power electronics digital control and hardware sensors analog preprocessing of signals protection devices and fault management and pulse-width-modulation (PWM) algorithms Switching Power Converters: Medium and High Power Second Edition discusses the actual use of industrial technology and its related subassemblies and components covering facets of implementation otherwise overlooked by theoretical textbooks. The updated Second Edition contains many new figures as well as new and/or improved chapters on: Thermal management and reliability Intelligent power modules AC/DC and DC/AC current source converters Multilevel converters Use of IPM within a network of switches concept Power semiconductors Matrix converters Practical aspects in building power converters Providing the latest research and development information along with numerous examples of successful home appliance aviation naval automotive electronics industrial motor drive and grid interface for renewable energy products this edition highlights advancements in packaging technologies tackles the advent of hybrid circuits able to incorporate control and power stages within the same package and examines design for reliability from the system level perspective. | Switching Power Converters Medium and High Power Second Edition

GBP 94.99
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Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses

Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses

Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises: Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses summarizes two decades of research teaching and practice on lean thinking. Based on quantitative analysis of 100 cases of Lean transformations and 20 in-depth case studies of successfully transformed SMEs it explains how to undertake lean transformations that lead to operational and financial performance improvement and uses the Lean Transformation Framework -conceptualized by John Shook at the Lean Enterprise Institute as a practical approach to design and de-risk the transformation process. SMEs leaders wishing to undertake and sustain a lean transformation must: Make a serious and lasting commitment to transform avoiding the temptation to change course of action; Choose accurately the value streams that require improvement as defined by strategy deployment; Build capabilities to sustain the transformation; Lead by example by going to gemba and creating a culture of respect for people that goes beyond the visible devices and artifacts of Lean tools. | Lean Transformations for Small and Medium Enterprises Lessons Learned from Italian Businesses

GBP 170.00
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Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics: Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus offers a model for building a corpus of oral EMI seminars. It demonstrates how incorporating metaphor to the process of corpus building affords a more comprehensive description of the role of metaphor in discourse. EMI is the specific context outlined in this volume and as such it will be of particular interest to researchers in this area though the design and model can be easily generalised and applied to other corpora focusing on metaphor. Alejo-González argues for the need to build such a corpus given the scarcity of corpora being tagged for metaphor as well as the shortage of those dealing with the EMI phenomenon. This book will be of practical use and interest to those researchers of corpus linguistics or related areas looking to explore metaphor through their corpus studies. | Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics Building and Investigating an English as a Medium of Instruction Corpus

GBP 130.00
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Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

The law plays an ambiguous role in running business. While legal tools can be used to tame uncertainties for example by concluding contracts to safeguard enforcement of future claims they can also generate uncertainty. These secondary uncertainties like ones stemming from vague rights and obligations may be counterbalanced by using different resources and strategies including acting informally modifying business plans or accepting the losses from unpaid dues. This book discusses how small and medium enterprises use the law abstain from using the law and use alternative pathways to manage business uncertainties. Examining these topics through the lenses of an extensive qualitative and quantitative empirical study on justiciable issues access to justice and legal uncertainty among SMEs in Poland it implements and expands upon the paradigmatic paths to justice methodology which has been successfully used to study conflict resolution access to justice and utilisation of the law by individuals in more than 30 jurisdictions. It argues that the grand promise of modern law - that it is a certainty-providing neutral and democratic device to resolve problems and conflicts - is not fully delivered. It reveals how the conditions of a freshly developed capitalism combined with the rule of law backsliding contribute to universal structural problems with access to justice meaning that accessing justice is a resource-hungry process which incentivises small businesses to settle for their legal problems and engage in informal and alternative strategies. | Small and Medium Enterprises Law and Business Uncertainty and Justice

GBP 120.00
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Broadcasting and Society 1918–1939

Broadcasting and Society 1918–1939

Broadcasting and Society (1983) examines the power of radio broadcasting as a medium of instant communication and entertainment. It is a detailed and critical examination of the social changes brought about by radio broadcasting in the crucial and formative stages between 1918 and 1939 – whether broadcasting was successful in keeping people better informed in introducing wider interests and its influence on social behaviour. | Broadcasting and Society 1918–1939

GBP 90.00
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Global Television How to Create Effective Television for the Future

Global Television How to Create Effective Television for the Future

Global Television (1993) looks at how satellites fibre optics compressed digital transmission and interactive and high-definition television have converged with computer technology to revolutionise TV and film production TV sets and even the smart home in which TV is viewed. Its provides valuable insight into how new technologies and viewer demands have combined to transform television into a truly global medium. | Global Television How to Create Effective Television for the Future

GBP 105.00
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EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

Examining English medium instruction (EMI) through a corpus-based approach this volume offers a critical inquiry into the use of different linguistic and pedagogical strategies in the EMI classroom. It explores aspects of content lecturers’ language use pedagogy and intercultural communicative competence by drawing on the findings obtained from EMI lecture corpus analysis and post-observation interviews with EMI lecturers from five universities in Croatia Denmark Italy the Netherlands and Spain. The book also offers insights into lecturers’ engagement with students in English which is their second language as well as their perception of differences between EMI and first-language-medium instruction (L1MI). Finally the volume provides readers with corpus-based analysis of teachers’ oral ability profiles as a basis for the identification of communicational challenges and provision of language support. The book will be of interest to scholars interested in EMI in higher education and postgraduate students in applied linguistics and TESOL programs. It will also be relevant to teachers who are involved in EMI provision teacher trainers who design support programs for EMI teachers and policymakers who establish language-in-education policies for EMI. | EMI Classroom Communication A Corpus-Based Approach

GBP 130.00
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Korean Film and History

Korean Film and History

Cinema has become a battleground upon which history is made—a major mass medium of the twentieth century dealing with history. The re-enactments of historical events in film straddle reality and fantasy documentary and fiction representation and performance entertainment and education. This interdisciplinary book examines the relationship between film and history and the links between historical research and filmic (re-)presentations of history with special reference to South Korean cinema. As with all national film industries Korean cinema functions as a medium of inventing national history and identity and also establishing their legitimacy—in both forgetting the past and remembering history. Korean films also play a part in forging cultural collective memory. Korea as a colonised and divided nation clearly adopted different approaches to the filmic depiction of history compared to colonial powers such as Western or Japanese cinema. The Colonial Period (1910–1945) and Korean War (1950–1953) draw particular attention as they have been major topics shaping the narrative of nation in North and South Korean films. Exploring the changing modes impacts and functions of screen images dealing with history in Korean cinema this book will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Korean history film media and cultural studies. | Korean Film and History

GBP 130.00
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The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education

The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education

This book presents state-of-the-art research into English-medium instruction (EMI) in European higher education over the last 20 years offering a comprehensive comparative analysis toward identifying gaps in our understanding of relevant theories research and practice. Molino Dimova Kling and Larsen argue for the need to take stock of the progression of EMI research in European higher education in order to consolidate scholarship and better inform EMI implementation in new contexts. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of EMI implementation including policies attitudes language use assessment training learning outcomes identity and intercultural communication across five different countries: Denmark Croatia Italy the Netherlands and Spain. The book brings together the authors' collective work on an annotated database of over 200 resources featuring a range of publications of varying format type and language as well as information on relevant research questions methodologies and findings. This detailed approach allows in-depth discussions on the most widely researched areas in EMI as well as those under-explored toward outlining a way forward for future research in both the European higher education context and on a global scale. This book will be key reading for scholars working in English-medium instruction world Englishes English as an international language English as a lingua franca and applied linguistics. | The Evolution of EMI Research in European Higher Education

GBP 130.00
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Hydrogen: Its Technology and Implication Production Technology - Volume I

Hydrogen: Its Technology and Implication Production Technology - Volume I

Volume I of this series discusses such topics as hydrogen production from fossil fuels nuclear energy and solar energy. Hydrogen production technology from water by traditional methods such as water electrolysis and newer attempts to split water thermochemically are included with details of current research efforts and future directions. This series in 5 volumes represents a serious attempt at providing information on all aspects of hydrogen at the postgraduate and professional level. It discusses recent developments in the science and technology of hydrogen production; hydrogen transmission and storage; hydrogen utilization; and the social legal political environmental and economic implications of hydrogen‘s adoption as an energy medium. | Hydrogen: Its Technology and Implication Production Technology - Volume I

GBP 140.00
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Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial Biotechnology offers a comprehensive overview of biochemical processes technologies and practical applications of industrial biotechnology. The work comprises of chapters that discuss medium preparation inoculum preparation using industrial strain and upstream processing various fermentation processes and physico-chemical separation processes for the purification of products and packaging. Analyzes problems within biochemical processes Discusses stoichiometry of bioprocesses Covers upstream and downstream processing Offers a wealth of case studies of different biochemical production processes including those in development of food products vaccines and medicines single cell proteins amino acids cheese biodiesel biopesticides and more This book is aimed at advanced students industrial practitioners and researchers in biotechnology food engineering chemical engineering and environmental engineering.

GBP 130.00
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Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

Catherine McIntyre like many fine artists created traditional art for decades before encountering the versatility of digital imaging technology. Free of her Rotring pens and scalpel she now uses Photoshop to create her montages. Visual Alchemy explores McIntyre‘s sources of inspiration as well as her methods offering an aesthetic guide to composition color texture and all of the other means of communication that artists have at their disposal. While these concepts and techniques make use of Photoshop they will apply to any digital imaging program and indeed to any medium whether traditional or digital. Featuring McIntyre‘s own art as well as that of artists around the globe Visual Alchemy is an invitation to discover the artistic possibilities of picture making through digital montage. | Visual Alchemy: The Fine Art of Digital Montage

GBP 175.00
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Dangerous Patients A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

Dangerous Patients A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

This thought-provoking new collection - the fourth volume in the Forensic Psychotherapy Monograph Series - investigates the inherent difficulties in risk assessment. We have all read the lurid headlines when things go wrong but what is it like for the professional who has to make such vital decisions? Ronald Doctor has assembled an impressive group of clinicians who specialise in various aspects of forensic psychiatry and psychotherapy to present their experiences and theories on this formidable subject. The book begins with a general overview of current psychodynamic approaches and covers various mental health settings including medium- and high-security units general medical hospitals and psychiatric wards. This collection will prove to be an indispensable guide to any healthcare professional and a fascinating insight for all into this highly-pressured environment. | Dangerous Patients A Psychodynamic Approach to Risk Assessment and Management

GBP 130.00
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3D TV and 3D Cinema Tools and Processes for Creative Stereoscopy

3D TV and 3D Cinema Tools and Processes for Creative Stereoscopy

Learn how to adapt your cinematography and production skills to this growing medium and be part of the movement. Master the unique technical requirements of shooting 3D stereoscopic images. 3DTV and 3D Cinema defines the concept of a professional 3D camera system and describes what features are required to make a successful unit to keep your production on schedule and on budget. You will learn how to work with the complex hardware and software systems with a section dedicated to the specific requirements of shooting for 3D cinema. 3D conversions keying and CG processes are analyzed as well as the essential staging lighting set dressing framing and camera movement techniques. The theoretical knowledge is complemented with real-world examples of 3D TV and cinema productions that are analyzed by crew members or producers. | 3D TV and 3D Cinema Tools and Processes for Creative Stereoscopy

GBP 175.00
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A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms

A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms

The COVID-19 Pandemic has forced many businesses to accelerate their digital transformation strategies to continue to meet the changing needs of their customers. This has resulted in significant growth in the global software market. However for decades managing software product quality has been a major challenge for many software development firms. This low success rate is due mainly to the development and delivery of low-quality software products. In addition to the direct costs associated with poor-quality software software flaws can also raisesecurity concerns as hackers can gain complete control of various devices and data such as mobile phones computers or the operational transactions of businesses. These security and privacy breaches are currently occurring with great frequency. Although producers and consumers of software products spend vast amounts of money developing and purchasing these products in many cases the promised benefits of user satisfaction efficiency productivity and profitability are not realized. In more severe circumstances software development firms have failed and face the threat of going bankrupt being acquired or suffering closure because customers are demanding high-quality software products that they consistently fail to deliver. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating within the software development industry have a more critical need to produce high-quality software since they are less able to absorb both the cost and the reputational impact of producing low-quality output. A Software Development Approach for Driving Competitiveness in Small Firms provides some cost-efficient options that can help SMEs increase the likelihood that their software will be of high quality. It tells the story of the entrepreneurial journey that small firms should take to deliver high-quality software products. By utilizing practical examples and providing several recommended solutions to decrease the likelihood of producing low-quality software the book outlines how mobilizing people processes and technology are integral to the software development process and emphasizes why process maturity is the most influential factor in software development in small and medium enterprises.

GBP 89.99
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The Experimental Book Object Materiality Media Design

The Experimental Book Object Materiality Media Design

The Experimental Book Object shows why and how books matter in the 21st century. Digital and audio platforms are commonplace and other fields of art beyond literature have increasingly embraced books and publication as their medium of choice. Nevertheless the manifold book object persists and continues to inspire various types of experimentation. This volume sets forth an unprecedented approach where literary and media theory are entangled with design practitioners’ artistic research and process descriptions. By probing the paradigm of the codex this collection of essays focuses on historical and contemporary experimentation that has challenged what books are and could be from the perspectives of materiality mediation and visual and typographic design. Investigations into less-studied areas and cases of performativity demonstrate what experimental books do by interacting with their systemic and cultural environments. The volume offers a multifaceted and multidisciplinary view of the book object the book design and publishing processes and their significance in the digital age. | The Experimental Book Object Materiality Media Design

GBP 130.00
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Entrepreneurship Innovation and Crisis SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Crisis SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Entrepreneurship Innovation and Crisis: SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic aims to address the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the governmental support for entrepreneurs in such industries as tourism manufacturing recycling education and printing as well as the creative industry. Through the presentation of various strategies for the functioning and development of companies under crisis conditions along with new management approaches for coping with them this book discusses the conditions for the operations of SMEs during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the support for entrepreneurs that has been offered by the governments of different countries. This approach will allow our results to be useful for a wide audience – making it especially valuable to researchers academics policymakers and advanced students who are interested in crises entrepreneurship small and medium-sized enterprises and strategic management. | Entrepreneurship Innovation and Crisis SME Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

GBP 130.00
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Comprehensive Land Consolidation in China

Comprehensive Land Consolidation in China

This book systematically investigates the strategy and practice of comprehensive land consolidation in China by assessing the objective of the program and its implementation. In the first part of the book the authors first review the development and historical policy of land consolidation and land rehabilitation with a focus on initiatives inaugurated in China since the 1980s. The following three chapters analyze different modes approaches and measures of land consolidation. The second part focuses on planning patterns designed and implemented in different territorial and geographical regions in China including urban and rural areas ecological function zones mining areas and coastal regions and islands. It also looks into the institutional basis supportive measures and mechanisms for the coordinated regional implementation of land consolidation at the macro medium and micro levels. Based on their findings the authors advance ten actionable policy suggestions on the promotion of China’s land consolidation. The title will appeal to scholars students and policy makers interested in economic management land planning and natural resources management.

GBP 130.00
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Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks: v. 2: Pathways from the Past to the Global

Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks: v. 2: Pathways from the Past to the Global

This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive research this trilogy provides new insights into Post-Soviet transformations without taking refuge in the traditional assumption that Russia is unique. Using powerful analytical tools this trilogy marks the re-integration of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) into the main current of political science. An invaluable resource for all those interested in Russia and the Post-Soviet states. This second volume is concerned with institutions. It considers markets property rights networks the information technology revolution and Russia's future and migration. The contributors take an original approach putting the developments of the Post-Soviet states during the last ten years into a medium term context elevating the debate above normal political speculation. A substantial and unique text this book is relevant for students researchers journalists and decision-makers interested in the politics international relations economics social policy and sociology of the FSU. | Explaining Post-Soviet Patchworks: v. 2: Pathways from the Past to the Global

GBP 120.00
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Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

This reference book provides updated information on the production and industrial significance of bacterial cellulose. Bacterial cellulose is a natural fiber produced by certain microbes mainly bacteria which belong to the Acetobacter genera. The book discusses its applications in different industrial sectors such as food pharmaceutical energy and wastewater treatment. It covers the production of cellulose from conventional and renewable feedstock and includes topics such as downstream processing characterization and chemical modification of bacterial cellulose. FEATURES: Addresses the challenges of the production technologies of bacterial cellulose up to pilot scale Discusses cost-effective green processes using agri-processing residues and medium formulation Includes efficient preparation of nanocomposites using in vitro and in vivo methods Provides the latest applications of bacterial cellulose in the food and pharmaceuticals fields Reviews the production of bacterial cellulose from conventional feedstock such as sugars and starches This book is designed for industry experts and researchers of applied microbiology bioprocesses and industrial microbiology. | Bacterial Cellulose Production Scale-up and Applications

GBP 140.00
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Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture

Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture

This book grapples with fundamental questions about the evolving nature of pictorial representation and the role photography has played in this ongoing process. These issues are explored through a close analysis of key themes that underpin the photography practice of Canadian artist Jeff Wall and through examining important works that have defined his oeuvre. Wall’s strategic revival of ‘the picture’ has had a resounding influence on the development of contemporary art photography by expanding the conceptual and technical frameworks of the medium and introducing a self-reflexive criticality. Naomi Merritt brings a new and original contribution to the scholarship on one of the most significant figures to have shaped the course of contemporary art photography since the 1970s and shines a light on the multilayered connections between photography and art. This book will be of interest to scholars in the history of photography art and visual culture and contemporary art history. | Jeff Wall and the Concept of the Picture

GBP 130.00
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