The history of photography from the camera obscura to the beginning of the modern era [by] Helmut Gernsheim, in collaboration with Alison Gernsheim.

Main entry:

Gernsheim, Helmut, 1913-1995.

Title & Author:

The history of photography from the camera obscura to the beginning of the modern era [by] Helmut Gernsheim, in collaboration with Alison Gernsheim.

Edition:

[2d ed.].

Publication:

New York, McGraw-Hill [1969]

Description:

599 pages illustrations, facsimiles, portraits 31 cm

Notes:
First ed. published in 1955 under title: The history of photography from the earliest use of the camera obscura in the eleventh century up to 1914.
Rev. ed. published as: The origins of photography. 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 580-581).
The history of the camera obscura -- Photochemical investigations -- Phantoms of photography -- The first conception of photography -- Heliography -- The Daguerreotype -- Negative / positive processes on paper -- Direct positives on paper -- Other independent inventors -- The Daguerreotype in France -- The Daguerreotype in America -- The Daguerreotype in Great Britain -- The Daguerreotype in German-speaking countries -- The calotype and other paper processes in Great Britain -- Photography on paper in other countries -- The introduction of photography on glass -- The popularization of photography -- Portrait photography : a new industry -- 'High art' photography -- Stereoscopic photography -- Instantaneous photography -- News photography -- Landscape and architectural photography -- The carte-de-visite period -- Some famous portrait photographers -- Mammoth and miniature photographs -- The evolution of dry plates -- Permanent photographs -- Emulsion papers and mass-production printing -- Photography on film photography -- Photography by artificial light -- The photography of movement -- Documentation -- Press photography -- Naturalistic photography -- The aesthetic movement -- Aerial photography -- Under-water photography -- Photography of criminals -- Medical photography -- The evolution of colour photography -- Photomechanical printing processes -- Conclusion.
Dust jacket.

Subject:

Photography History.
Photography history
Photographie Histoire.
Photography
Fotografie.
Geschiedenis.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Gernsheim, Alison, author.
Gernsheim, Alison

Holdings:

Location: Library main 37081
Call No.: ID TR15.G37 1969; ID:88-B8130
Status: Available

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