这本引人入胜的书记述了从19世纪初期银版影像法的发明到数字革命及之后的影响了摄影的最有影响力的想法。通过生动活泼的文字和引人入胜的视觉效果介绍了每个想法，并探讨了每个想法最初形成的时间以及直到今天所产生的后续影响。

This compelling book chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped photography from the invention of the daguerreotype in the early 19th century up to the digital revolution and beyond. Each idea is presented through lively text and arresting visuals, and explores when the idea first evolved and its subsequent impact on photography.