Table of Contents: First exposures

First exposures writings from the beginning of photography /

"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 sensa...

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Uniform Title:	Neues Licht. English
Other Authors:	Siegel, Steffen, 1976-, Derviş, Martina,, Imrie, Malcolm,, J. Paul Getty Museum,
Format:	Book
Language:	English German French
Published:	Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2017]
Physical Description:	448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:	Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, -- 1787-1851. Talbot, William Henry Fox, -- 1800-1877. Photography -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Commercial photography -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Photography -- Printing processes -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Photography literature.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. By Hearsay
Chapter 2. Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Chapter 3. William Henry Fox Talbot
Chapter 4. The debate on photography
Chapter 5. In parliament and academy
Chapter 6. Daguerre's historical and descriptive account
Chapter 7. First judgments
Chapter 8. Alfred Donné
Chapter 9. Satires
Chapter 10. The future of photography.

First exposures writings from the beginning of photography /

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