Cards, Cabinets, and Compression in Early Stock Photography.

Using the case study of 1920s stock photography pioneer H. Armstrong Roberts, this article argues for a historical perspective on the iconomy , or the cultural condition in which images circulate according to market logics. The article argues that compression is a predigital cultural technique that...

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Publicado en:Information & Culture Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 1 - 24
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Publicado: University of Texas Press 2021
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