
Impressed by Light
British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860
Roger Taylor(Author)
Yale University Press
Published on 28. October 2007
Book
Hardback
450 pages
978-0-300-12405-7 (ISBN)
Description
When photography appeared shortly before 1840, the metal-plate daguerreotype, invented in France, was first to achieve popularity. But the process simultaneously developed in England for capturing an image on a paper negative--from which many positives could be printed--provided the foundation on which photography would build for the next 150 years. This beautiful book presents more than 120 photographs printed from paper negatives, or calotypes, most never before published. The entire course of the paper negative's "golden age" is described, from its laborious invention by William Henry Fox Talbot to competition with French photographers and commercial practitioners. Aesthetically ambitious, these richly textured calotypes were created by photographers both eminent and virtually unknown. Also included is an invaluable biographical dictionary of more than 500 British calotypists.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
245 b&w illustrations and 142 colour images
Dimensions
Height: 302 mm
Width: 292 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-300-12405-7 (9780300124057)
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Roger Taylor is Professor of Photographic History at De Montfort University, Leicester, and former Senior Curator of Photographs and Head of Research Development at the National Media Museum, Bradford, England. Larry J. Schaaf is Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor, University of the Arts, London.