First Exposures - Writings from the Beginning of Photography (Paperback)

An exact date for the invention of photography is evasive. Scientists and amateurs alike were working on a variety of photographic processes for much of the early nineteenth century. Thus most historians refer to the year 1839 as the first year of photography, not because the sensational new medium was invented then, but because that is the year it was introduced to the world. After more than 175 years, and for the first time in English, First Exposures: Writings from the Beginning of Photography brings together more than 130 primary sources from that very year 1839 subdivided into ten chapters and accompanied by fifty-three images of significant visual and historical importance. This is an astonishing work of discovery, selection, and thanks to Steffen Siegel s introductory texts, notes, and afterword elucidation. The range of material is impressive: not only all the chemical and technological details of the various processes but also contracts, speeches, correspondence of every kind, arguments, parodies, satires, eulogies, denunciations, journals, and even some poems. Revealing through firsthand accounts the competition, the rivalries, and the parallels among the various practitioners and theorists, this book provides an unprecedented way to understand how the early discourse around photographic techniques and processes transcended national boundaries and interconnected across Europe and the United States. "

General

Imprint:	Getty Publications
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2017
Authors:	Steffen Siegel
Dimensions:	250 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	520
ISBN-13:	978-1-60606-524-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > General Promotions
LSN:	1-60606-524-6
Barcode:	9781606065242

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!