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Scottish Photography: The First Thirty Years
Sara Stevenson
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Description for Scottish Photography: The First Thirty Years
Paperback. This is a lavishly produced book on the eventful first thirty years of photography in Scotland: around 1840 - 70. Num Pages: 352 pages, c300 black/white and sepia. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JH; AJC; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 241 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1864.
In the middle of the nineteenth century a sympathetic relationship between art, science and technology laid the groundwork for photography to flourish, including camera obscura and the panorama. This is a lavishly produced book on the eventful first thirty years of photography in Scotland - around 1840 - 70. The photographers whose work is discussed include David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, James Valentine, Thomas Annan and George Washington Wilson plus practitioners not previously mentioned in any publication. Julia Margaret Cameron's encounter with Scotland is also described as is the work of Scottish photographers abroad.
Product Details
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905267996
SKU
V9781905267996
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Ref
99-1
About Sara Stevenson
Dr Sara Stevenson was chief curator at the National Galleries of Scotland for 36 years and was responsible for building and developing the Scottish National Photography Collection. Dr A. D. Morrison-Low is Principal Curator, Historic Scientific Instruments and Photography, National Museums Scotland. She is also the author of Photography: A Victorian Sensation, the guide to the exhibition of the same ... Read more
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