Diary of a Camera

Diary of a Camera is Richard Quinney’s meditation on the art and history of photography. Printed in the tradition of fine art photography, this handsome book features 173 photographs by Quinney, each accompanied by a narrative vignette that provides perspectives on the history of photography and the changing technology of making visual images. It will appeal to a wide range of photographers, from occasional photographers to professional documentary and fine art photographers.
Readers and viewers will learn immediately that the narrator of Diary of a Camera is the camera itself. The camera tells the story of what it is to be a camera, how and what the camera selects to photograph, and reflections on being a camera in the course of a year of photographing.