Jeffrey I. Timeframes: The Story of Photography

Amphoto Art, 1998. — 232 p.Photographic images supply the visual history of the twentieth century, giving us access to events "as they happened," or at least as the photographer would have us believe they happened. In this series of connected essays, Ian Jeffrey offers a parallel history of the development of photography, linking the images to the society that generated them or imitated them Basing his account around ten themes — Adventures, Frontiers, Metropolis.War, The Good Earth, Reportage, Fashion, Sports. Landscape, and Portraits — the author looks at the impulses and preoccupations that have driven photographers, and the ways in which these reflect the fears, desires, hopes, and prejudices of twentieth-century society. Illustrated with over 200 photographs from the great collections and the world's top photographers, this is a fascinating account of the preeminent contemporary art form.