This 3rd edition of the groundbreaking survey of international photographyhas 16 additional pages, including new material from recent research onVictorian photography's relationship to painting, photography's involvementwith German and Russian art movements between the World Wars and growinginfluence of vernacular photography alongside art and commercialphotography. It documents the rise of digital photography and its impact onphotographic history and contemporary practice, including worldwide use ofdigital cameras and phone cameras. This remains the only book to trace the entire history of photographyin its cultural context, worldwide.