The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography
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The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography

Michael Peres, Michael R. Peres

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The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography

Michael Peres, Michael R. Peres

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This volume is a complete revision of the 1996 third edition, shares the ever-changing breadth of photographic topics with a special emphasis on digital imaging and contemporary issues. Produced by an international team of photographic and imaging experts with collaboration from the George Eastman House (the world's oldest photography museum), this fourth edition contains essays and photographic reproductions sharing information where photography and imaging serve a primary role, ranging from the atomic to the cosmic.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136106132
Index
1,2-dihydroquinoxaline, 703
1,4-dihydroquinoxaline, 703
m/3m/5m telescope cameras, 315
3D tomography, 507, 524
3M, 319 3-phenyl-3-mercapto-propionic acid, 708
6 Ɨ 4.5 medium-format cameras, 308
13.8 Ɨ 7.7k panchromatic frame cameras, 504
19Thcentury, technical evolution of photography in, 27
art of photography, 31ā€“32
Bayard, Hippolyte, 29
business of photography, 30ā€“31 calotype, 29ā€“30
collodion variants and negative processes, 32ā€“33
collodion variants and positive processes, 32
concepts of, 27
Daguerre, Louis Jacques MandƩ, 28
daguerreotypes, 28ā€“29
first attempts at photography, 27
flexible films, 34ā€“35
gelatin emulsions and modern era, 33ā€“34
glimpses of color, 35
Herschel, Sir John, 29
negatives on glass, 31
NiĆ©pce, Joseph NicĆ©phore, 27ā€“28
paper photography, 28ā€“29
permanency concerns, 33
Ponton, Mungo, 29
proliferation of photography, 35ā€“36
race for acknowledgement, 18, 39, 29
sensitometry, 35
wet plate process, 31
20th century society and photography
advertising photography, 191
amateur photography, 188
background, 188
digital photography, 191
documentary photography, 195
European modernism/American realism, 191ā€“192
Family Of Man exhibition, 197
journalistic/editorial photography, 192
Kodak camera, 188ā€“189
Life and picture magazines, 192ā€“194
magazines, 192
miniature cameras, 189
museums, galleries, and collections, 205ā€“210
National Geographic, 195
overview, 187
personal documentary, 197
Polaroid camera system, 189ā€“191
reformist photography, 195ā€“197
war coverage, 194ā€“195
35mm cameras, 778
50mm anastigmat f/3.5 cam...

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