The book demonstrates how Blossfeldt used plants to prove that "the machine" and "the flower" share a common language of structural efficiency and mathematical rhythm
forecasting how these emerging tools would inevitably challenge traditional silver-halide analog processes
obsessive drive of a dedicated "shooter" who is willing to risk safety to preserve a defining slice of history on a strip of film
The catalog features nine illustrations alongside an introductory essay by curator Gina Murtagh
Aerial Photography. Airborne Camera: The World From the Air and Outer Space by Beaumont Newhall. Aperture Magazine The book demonstrates how BlossfeldtHastings House, 1969. Hardcover with protected, price clipped dust jacket. Fine except for remainder mark in good dust jacket with chip on rear, short tears, and wear at extremities. 144 pages. Covers history of aerial photography beginning in the 1850s. Includes aerial photography from balloons, airplanes, and from space. Photographers include Felix Nadar, James Wallace Black, William A. Garnett, George R. Lawrence, et al. The author Beaumont