Mechanisms of Image Deterioration in Early Photographs

Mechanisms of Image Deterioration in Early Photographs

Author: Mike Ware

Publisher: NMSI Trading Ltd

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780901805782

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The considerations offered in this analysis of the conditions required for the conservation of early photographs will help inform difficult ethical decision-making by curators faced with the conflicting obligations of access and conservation, and will also be of interest to photohistorians, conservators and collectors.


The Salt Print Manual

The Salt Print Manual

Author: Ellie Young

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 106

ISBN-13: 144528328X

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The salt print is the foundation of photography. William Henry Fox Talbot, known as the of photography, discovered the salt print process in 1834. The history of Talbot is quite remarkable. His early discoveries were the foundation of numerous photographic and print processes, many still practiced today. Due to the inherent masking ability the salt print can create a greater tonal range than other photographic print processes. The challenge is to create negatives that reach this extraordinary range. The salt print offers flexibility in controlling the colour, tones and hues.


Real / Ideal

Real / Ideal

Author: Karen Hellman

Publisher: Getty Publications

Published: 2016-08-30

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1606065106

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In the years following the announcement of the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundational to the establishment of early photography, from the introduction of the paper negative in the late 1840s to the proliferation of more standardized equipment and photomechanical technology in the 1860s. The essays in this elegant volume investigate the early history of the medium when the ambiguities inherent in the photograph were ardently debated. Focusing on the French photographers who worked with paper negatives, especially the key figures Édouard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, and Charles Nègre, Real/Ideal explores photography’s status as either fine art or industrial product (or both), its repertoire of subject matter, its ideological functions, and even the ever-experimental photographic process itself.


Six Exposures

Six Exposures

Author: Hans P. Kraus

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Nineteenth-century Italian commercial photography, the family album of an amateur British photographer, French medical photography, and collecting American daguerreotypes are among the topics discussed by leading photographic historians.


Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set

Author: Lynne Warren

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-15

Total Pages: 1823

ISBN-13: 1135205361

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The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography explores the vast international scope of twentieth-century photography and explains that history with a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary manner. This unique approach covers the aesthetic history of photography as an evolving art and documentary form, while also recognizing it as a developing technology and cultural force. This Encyclopedia presents the important developments, movements, photographers, photographic institutions, and theoretical aspects of the field along with information about equipment, techniques, and practical applications of photography. To bring this history alive for the reader, the set is illustrated in black and white throughout, and each volume contains a color plate section. A useful glossary of terms is also included.