Nicholas Mirzoeff (ed.): The Visual Culture Reader (1998–)

“The Visual Culture Reader brings together key writings as well as specially commissioned articles covering a wealth of visual forms including photography, painting, sculpture, fashion, advertising, television, cinema and digital culture. The Reader features an introductory section tracing the development of visual culture studies in response to globalization and digital culture, and articles grouped into thematic sections, each prefaced by an introduction by the editor and conclude with suggestions for further reading.”

Publisher Routledge, London & New York, 1998
ISBN 0415141346, 9780415141345
xvi+530 pages

Second edition, revised
Publisher Routledge, 2002
ISBN 0415252229, 9780415252225
xix+737 pages

Publisher (3rd ed.)

PDF (1st ed., 12 MB; added on 2021-3-11)
PDF (2nd ed., 35 MB, no OCR, some pages missing, updated on 2012-7-18)