TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! A unique survey ofphotography from its origins until now From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists inAmerican history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularlyAmerican way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to theUniversity of Rochester. Since 1949 the site has operated
as aninternational museum of photography and film, and today holds the largestcollection of its kind in the world. The continually expanding photographycollection contains over 400,000 images and negatives - among them the workof Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Ansel Adams and others - as well as23,000 cinema films, five million film stills, one of the most importantsilent film collections, technical equipment and a library with 40,000books on photography and film. The George Eastman House is a pilgrimagesite and a place of worship for researchers, photographers and collectorsfrom all over the world. This volume shows in chronological order the most impressive images andthe most important developments in the art of light that is photography.It provides in its huge collection and themes a unique survey of themedium from its origins until now.