| Titre : | Out of the shadows : Herschel, Talbot & the Invention of Photography | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Larry J. Schaaf, Auteur | | Editeur : | New Haven & London : Yale University Press | | Année de publication : | 1992 | | Importance : | 1 vol. (200 p.) | | Présentation : | Ill. en noir et blanc / Ill. en couleurs | | Format : | 23 x 29,2 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-300-05705-8 | | Note générale : | Beau-livre ; Photographie. Cet ouvrage retrace les débuts de l'histoire de la photographie au travers d'une retranscription des échanges épistolaires et des journaux intimes de deux scientifiques anglais de l'époque : Sir John Herschel et William Henry Fox Talbot, l'artiste et scientifique qui avait inventé son propre procédé photographique des années avant que Louis Daguerre n'annonce sa découverte à Paris en 1839. Le livre met surtout en lumière le pourquoi de l'invention de la photographie, sa contextualisation et ses enjeux à travers les mots de Herschel et de Talbot. Il aborde aussi la rivalité entre Talbot et Daguerre, montrant comment elle reflétait les différences entre la France et la Grande-Bretagne dans leur soutien à la science et à l'art. Le livre accompagne ses écrits par des essais photographiques de Talbot et Herschel. | | Langues : | Anglais | | Mots-clés : | Beau-livre Histoire Sciences Photographie Vocabulaire photographique Technique photographique Histoire de la photographie Art de la photographie Photographie victorienne Lettre Echange épistolaire Camera obscura Héliographie Daguerréotype Calotype Fox Talbot John Herschel Louis Daguerre Thomas Wedgwood Nicéphore Niépce Robert Adamson David Octavius Hill Nadar Ansel Adams Edward Weston Man Ray Gustave Le Gray Charles Sheeler Brassaï André Kertész Weegee Imogen Cunningham Walker Evans Eugène Atget August Sander Henri Cartier-Bresson Edward Steichen Alfred Stieglitz Robert Doisneau | | Résumé : | Jaquette : "This book chronicles for the first time in a detailed fashion the critical days of the invention and development of photography. In particular it explores the relationship between two Englishmen who played a key role in photography's early years; the preeminent scientist Sir John Herschel and William Henry Fox Talbot, the artist and scientist who had invented his own photographic process years before Louis Daguerre announced his discovery in Paris in 1839.
Drawing on hundreds of Herschel's and Talbot's letters, notebooks, and diaries, Larry J. Schaaf tells the story of the evolution of photography as expressed through their words, and in the process he sheds light on some questions over which others have puzzled. Given that the camera and the necessary chemistry had coexisted for years, why rather than how was photography invented? Why did Talbot keep his own photographic process secret until Daguerre's announcement? Why did Herschel make such fundamental contributions to the process of photography, yet take very few pictures himself? Who or what provided the visual training that allowed Talbot to grow into the first photographic artist? Schaaf skillfully describes the complexities of the events, the personalities and interests of the participants, the often vital role played by trivial circumstances, and the chaotic nature of the progress of photography. He narrates the rivalry between Talbot and Daguerre, showing how it mirrored the differences between France and Great Britain in their support of science and art. Enhanced by more than 100 reproductions in color and in duotone of some of the earliest photographs ever made, this book vividly re-creates both the invention of an art and the art of invention." | | Note de contenu : | Acknowledgements (vii)
Prelude (xi)
I. The Boundaries of Fiction; John Herschel, Henry Talbot, & 19th Century Science (p.1)
II. The Beauty of the First Idea; a Selective Pre-History of Photography (p.23)
III. The Dawn of Photography; Herschel & Talbot in the Spring of 1839 (p.45)
IV. Storm Clouds & Rainbows; Summer 1839 - Summer 1840 (p.75)
V. Photography Becomes an Art (p.103)
Postscript (p.153)
Notes (p.162)
Index (p.186) |
Out of the shadows : Herschel, Talbot & the Invention of Photography [texte imprimé] / Larry J. Schaaf, Auteur . - New Haven & London : Yale University Press, 1992 . - 1 vol. (200 p.) : Ill. en noir et blanc / Ill. en couleurs ; 23 x 29,2 cm. ISBN : 978-0-300-05705-8 Beau-livre ; Photographie. Cet ouvrage retrace les débuts de l'histoire de la photographie au travers d'une retranscription des échanges épistolaires et des journaux intimes de deux scientifiques anglais de l'époque : Sir John Herschel et William Henry Fox Talbot, l'artiste et scientifique qui avait inventé son propre procédé photographique des années avant que Louis Daguerre n'annonce sa découverte à Paris en 1839. Le livre met surtout en lumière le pourquoi de l'invention de la photographie, sa contextualisation et ses enjeux à travers les mots de Herschel et de Talbot. Il aborde aussi la rivalité entre Talbot et Daguerre, montrant comment elle reflétait les différences entre la France et la Grande-Bretagne dans leur soutien à la science et à l'art. Le livre accompagne ses écrits par des essais photographiques de Talbot et Herschel. Langues : Anglais | Mots-clés : | Beau-livre Histoire Sciences Photographie Vocabulaire photographique Technique photographique Histoire de la photographie Art de la photographie Photographie victorienne Lettre Echange épistolaire Camera obscura Héliographie Daguerréotype Calotype Fox Talbot John Herschel Louis Daguerre Thomas Wedgwood Nicéphore Niépce Robert Adamson David Octavius Hill Nadar Ansel Adams Edward Weston Man Ray Gustave Le Gray Charles Sheeler Brassaï André Kertész Weegee Imogen Cunningham Walker Evans Eugène Atget August Sander Henri Cartier-Bresson Edward Steichen Alfred Stieglitz Robert Doisneau | | Résumé : | Jaquette : "This book chronicles for the first time in a detailed fashion the critical days of the invention and development of photography. In particular it explores the relationship between two Englishmen who played a key role in photography's early years; the preeminent scientist Sir John Herschel and William Henry Fox Talbot, the artist and scientist who had invented his own photographic process years before Louis Daguerre announced his discovery in Paris in 1839.
Drawing on hundreds of Herschel's and Talbot's letters, notebooks, and diaries, Larry J. Schaaf tells the story of the evolution of photography as expressed through their words, and in the process he sheds light on some questions over which others have puzzled. Given that the camera and the necessary chemistry had coexisted for years, why rather than how was photography invented? Why did Talbot keep his own photographic process secret until Daguerre's announcement? Why did Herschel make such fundamental contributions to the process of photography, yet take very few pictures himself? Who or what provided the visual training that allowed Talbot to grow into the first photographic artist? Schaaf skillfully describes the complexities of the events, the personalities and interests of the participants, the often vital role played by trivial circumstances, and the chaotic nature of the progress of photography. He narrates the rivalry between Talbot and Daguerre, showing how it mirrored the differences between France and Great Britain in their support of science and art. Enhanced by more than 100 reproductions in color and in duotone of some of the earliest photographs ever made, this book vividly re-creates both the invention of an art and the art of invention." | | Note de contenu : | Acknowledgements (vii)
Prelude (xi)
I. The Boundaries of Fiction; John Herschel, Henry Talbot, & 19th Century Science (p.1)
II. The Beauty of the First Idea; a Selective Pre-History of Photography (p.23)
III. The Dawn of Photography; Herschel & Talbot in the Spring of 1839 (p.45)
IV. Storm Clouds & Rainbows; Summer 1839 - Summer 1840 (p.75)
V. Photography Becomes an Art (p.103)
Postscript (p.153)
Notes (p.162)
Index (p.186) |
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