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Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution
Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin helped revolutionize the way that photographs are used in books. In his Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1871), Darwin introduced the idea of using photographs to illustrate a scientific theory--his was the first photographically-illustrated science book ever published. Prodger also shows how Darwin corresponded with celebrated animal painters, sculptors, and such legendary photographers as Lewis Caroll and Julia Margaret Cameron. This is the first book to examine these relationships.
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Face time : a history of the photographic portrait
From the daguerreotype to the digital age, 'Face Time' is an accessible introduction to one of photography's most popular subjects: ourselves. With over 250 illustrations, it presents rarely seen treasures alongside works by the greatest names in photography, including 19th-century pioneers Hippolyte Bayard and Julia Margaret Cameron, 20th-century masters Edward Weston, Lee Miller and Richard Avedon, and contemporary groundbreakers Newsha Tavakolian, Rineke Dijkstra and Zanele Muholi. It also immortalises some of photography's most iconic subjects, such as Queen Elizabeth II, Barack Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Frida Kahlo, Truman Capote and many others.
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Paul Mellon Centre Rome Fellowship: Oscar Rejlander and British art photography in Rome
In the 1850s, fuelled in part by the invention of the rapid wet-plate collodion process, a new wave of photographers began to explore the medium's expressive potential. Among these 'art photographers' were an unlikely group of four practitioners whose biographies closely intersected: the Swedish émigré Oscar Rejlander, the Ceylonese expatriate Julia Margaret Cameron, Oxford mathematician Lewis Carroll, and the Countess Clementina, Lady Hawarden. Of these, all but Hawarden, whose career was cut short by her untimely death at the age of 43, were strongly influenced by Italian painting and sculpture. The current research represents the first concerted attempt to examine and explain specific points of contact, especially in Rome.
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Oscar G. Rejlander : artist photographer
A fascinating survey of the varied career of an inventive and influential 19th-century photographer, from allegorical montage to Darwin's catalogue of emotions. Oscar G. Rejlander (1813-1875) was a Swedish-born photographer who pioneered the genre of art photography. He is best known for combining negatives to form elaborate allegorical compositions and for his ability to communicate expression through his photographic studies and portraits. His influence shines in the works of other important photographers of the day. This catalogue accompanies the first major retrospective on this vital yet understudied figure and considers the whole range of his activities, including his work as a painter and printmaker. Lori Pauli introduces Rejlander with a comprehensive survey of his life and career. Three essays follow, from leading scholars in the field of 19th-century photography, with topics ranging from Rejlander's engagement with Victorian painting, to his studio and working methods, to his artistic circle and work with Charles Darwin. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated, this publication fills a void in scholarship on Rejlander; it also sheds light more broadly on the intersection of art and science and the uses of photography in Victorian culture, as well as the history of photography and its impact on Victorian culture.
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William Eggleston : portraits
\"The American photographer William Eggleston is best known for capturing everyday suburban life in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, and for his pioneering use of colour. This book, which accompanies the first exhibition entirely devoted tp Eggleston's portraiture, features a variety of images of the people he has encountered during his long career.\"--Back cover.
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