William Henry Fox Talbot and his picture machine
Defining art against the mechanical, c. 1860
Julia Margaret Cameron transfigures the glitch
The fog of beauty, c. 1890
Alfred Stieglitz moves with the city
Stalking chance and making news, c. 1930
Frederick Sommer decomposes our nature
Pressing photography into a modernist mold, c. 1970
John Baldessari plays the only game in town.
Photography and the art of chance by Robin Kelsey. ISBN 9780674744004. Published by The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.