{"product_id":"when-i-was-a-photographer-the-mit-press-9780262029452","title":"When I Was a Photographer The MIT Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first complete English translation of Nadar's intelligent and witty memoir, a series of vignettes that capture his experiences in the early days of photography.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrated nineteenth-century photographer—and writer, actor, caricaturist, inventor, and balloonist—Félix Nadar published this memoir of his photographic life in 1900 at the age of eighty. Composed as a series of vignettes (we might view them as a series of “written photographs”), this intelligent and witty book offers stories of Nadar's experiences in the early years of photography, memorable character sketches, and meditations on history. It is a classic work, cited by writers from Walter Benjamin to Rosalind Krauss. This is its first and only complete English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWhen I Was a Photographer \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eQuand j'étais photographe\u003c\/i\u003e), Nadar tells us about his descent into the sewers and catacombs of Paris, where he experimented with the use of artificial lighting,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400685330775,"sku":"9780262029452","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262029452.jpg?v=1730471290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/when-i-was-a-photographer-the-mit-press-9780262029452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}