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Lewis Carroll, Photographer: The Princeton University Library Albums
Roger Taylor
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Description for Lewis Carroll, Photographer: The Princeton University Library Albums
Hardback. Presents a collection of Carroll photographs, and illuminates his relationships with the children he photographed in light of the idealism and social conventions of the day. Num Pages: 304 pages, 485 tritones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AJB; AJCP; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 263 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Long before he published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( Lewis Carroll to the world) took up photography as a hobby. Unlike most of the other amateurs in his circle, he persevered to become a dedicated, prolific, and remarkably gifted photographer, creating approximately 3,000 images during his twenty-five years of photographic activity. This handsomely designed volume makes clear the remarkable extent and complexity of Carroll's photographic art. It publishes for the first time the world's finest and most extensive collection of Carroll photographs, many of which have never been reproduced before and are unknown even to committed ... Read more
Long before he published Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson ( Lewis Carroll to the world) took up photography as a hobby. Unlike most of the other amateurs in his circle, he persevered to become a dedicated, prolific, and remarkably gifted photographer, creating approximately 3,000 images during his twenty-five years of photographic activity. This handsomely designed volume makes clear the remarkable extent and complexity of Carroll's photographic art. It publishes for the first time the world's finest and most extensive collection of Carroll photographs, many of which have never been reproduced before and are unknown even to committed ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
1772g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691074436
SKU
V9780691074436
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About Roger Taylor
Roger Taylor is an independent British photographic historian specializing in the mid-Victorian period. His publications include Crown and Camera: The Royal Family and Photography (Penguin). Edward Wakeling has compiled and edited several volumes of the writings of Lewis Carroll, including the first unabridged edition of Lewis Carroll's Diaries (six of nine volumes are already in print).
Reviews for Lewis Carroll, Photographer: The Princeton University Library Albums
Winner of the 2002 New York Book Show Award Kraszna-Krauz Special Commendation for the Best Book in Art in Culture and History A sumptuous new book... [It] is clear how widely Dodgson's photographic work ranged over the course of 25 years. He photographed landscapes, anatomical specimens and thousands of friends as well as children, taking some 3,000 photographs in ... Read more