The PhotographHow do we read a photograph? In this rich and fascinating work, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most engaging thinkers on the subject, such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag. From the first misty heliograph taken by Joseph Nicephore Niepce in 1826 to the classic compositions of Cartier Bresson and Alfred Steiglitz and the striking postmodern strategies of