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A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson
Anne M. Lyden
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Description for A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson
Hardcover. A selection from the work of the photographic partnership of Hill and Adamson. Accompanies an exhibition starting at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh (27 May - 1 October 2017) before touring internationally. Num Pages: 120 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; AGC; AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 205. .
Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their images of people, buildings and scenes in and around Edinburgh offer a fascinating glimpse into 1840s Scotland. Their much-loved prints of the Newhaven fisherfolk are among the first images of social documentary photography.In the space of four and a half years Hill and Adamson produced several thousand prints encompassing landscapes, architectural views, tableaux vivants from Scottish literature ... Read more
Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their images of people, buildings and scenes in and around Edinburgh offer a fascinating glimpse into 1840s Scotland. Their much-loved prints of the Newhaven fisherfolk are among the first images of social documentary photography.In the space of four and a half years Hill and Adamson produced several thousand prints encompassing landscapes, architectural views, tableaux vivants from Scottish literature ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Galleries Of Scotland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911054047
SKU
V9781911054047
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About Anne M. Lyden
Anne M. Lyden is International Photography Curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. She was previously Associate Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles where she curated many major exhibitions. She has previously written a number of publications, including The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans (2010) and A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography ... Read more
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