Brought to light : photography and the invisible, 1840-1900 / edited by Corey Keller ; with essays by Jennifer Tucker, Tom Gunning, Maren Gröning.

Title & Author:

Brought to light : photography and the invisible, 1840-1900 / edited by Corey Keller ; with essays by Jennifer Tucker, Tom Gunning, Maren Gröning.

Publication:

Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 11, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009 and at the Albertina Vienna, Mar. 20, 2009-June 6, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209) and index.
Lenders to the exhibition -- Director's foreword / Neal Benezra -- Acknowledgments -- Sight unseen: picturing the invisible / Corey Keller -- The social photographic eye / Jennifer Tucker -- Invisible worlds, visible media / Tom Gunning -- "Almost a game of chance": Josef Maria Eder and scientific photography / Maren Gröning -- Plates: Microscopes ; Telescopes ; Motion studies ; Electricity and magnetism ; X-rays ; Spirit photography -- Selected bibliography -- Catalogue of the exhibition.

Summary:

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Explores nineteenth-century photography's impact on science and popular culture. Includes reproductions of nearly 200 vintage photographs and scholarly essays by exhibition curator Corey Keller, cultural historian Jennifer Tucker, and film historian Tom Gunning" -- Provided by publisher.

Resources:
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Additional Information at Google Books
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

9780300142105
0300142102

Subject:

Photography Scientific applications History 19th century Exhibitions.
Photography Social aspects History 19th century Exhibitions.
Photographie scientifique Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Photographie Aspect social Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Photography Scientific applications
Photography Social aspects
Vetenskaplig fotografi 1800-talet historia.
Teknisk fotografi 1800-talet historia.
Röntgenfotografi 1800-talet historia.
Astrofotografi 1800-talet historia.
Mikrofotografering 1800-talet historia.
Elektrofotografi 1800-talet historia.
1840-1899

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Keller, Corey, editor, writer of added text.
Tucker, Jennifer, 1965- writer of added text.
Gunning, Tom, 1949- writer of added text.
Gröning, Maren, writer of added text.
Benezra, Neal David, 1953- writer of foreword.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Graphische Sammlung Albertina.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 260897
Call No.: BIB 191816
Status: Available

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