The beauty of the 19th century photograph
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1zenomax
I wanted to start this group off by asking for your all time 19th century favourite photo.
I hope there will be room, also for early 20th century works. I don't want to exclude Atget from discussions!
I hope there will be room, also for early 20th century works. I don't want to exclude Atget from discussions!
2argent42
I would like to suggest Gustave Le Gray's whimsical absentee self-portrait: Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne) Interior of a Cloister, St Peter's Church, 1851.
After this, and after several other quiet masterpieces by Le Gray (like his Windmills at Montmartre), then William Henry Fox Talbot's "Haystack."
After this, and after several other quiet masterpieces by Le Gray (like his Windmills at Montmartre), then William Henry Fox Talbot's "Haystack."
3Autodafe
The panorama photograph of Constantinople in Photography and architecture: 1839-1939 by Richard Pare.
4jburlinson
It might seem that it's taken me two years to think of something, but that's not the case. I just now stumbled upon this group and this thread.
There is so much from which to select, but I simply must do honor to the grand pioneer, Wiliam Fox Talbot, and his masterpiece The Pencil of Nature.
But then you have to select from among the 24 images. There's one that lives in my neural circuitry, nourished by the water on my brain and the sunshine in my heart.
There is so much from which to select, but I simply must do honor to the grand pioneer, Wiliam Fox Talbot, and his masterpiece The Pencil of Nature.
But then you have to select from among the 24 images. There's one that lives in my neural circuitry, nourished by the water on my brain and the sunshine in my heart.
5zenomax
jb > spot on with that image.
I love the early images from WFT and other pioneers - from the time immediately before the invention of photography.
And what goes round comes round. There is an exhibition in the V&A in London at the moment on camera-less photography. Many of the images look like they could have come from The Pencil of Nature
I love the early images from WFT and other pioneers - from the time immediately before the invention of photography.
And what goes round comes round. There is an exhibition in the V&A in London at the moment on camera-less photography. Many of the images look like they could have come from The Pencil of Nature
6jburlinson
> 5 -- Thanks for letting us know about the exhibition. I just checked the V&A web site. Looks fascinating. My chances of crossing the pond any time soon are about zero, though. Sometimes I wonder if being a Texan is really all it's cracked up to be.
I notice there's a display for "the history of camera-less photography" as well as the major presentation called "Shadow Catchers", featuring five contemporary practitioners. Sounds wonderful. I'm figuring based on your comments that you've seen both. Get thee behind me, Envy!
Is the book based on the exhibition good? Maybe I could console myself with that.
I notice there's a display for "the history of camera-less photography" as well as the major presentation called "Shadow Catchers", featuring five contemporary practitioners. Sounds wonderful. I'm figuring based on your comments that you've seen both. Get thee behind me, Envy!
Is the book based on the exhibition good? Maybe I could console myself with that.
7zenomax
>6 jburlinson: no haven't made it yet, but intend to. Will report back.
82wonderY
>4 jburlinson: I just found a copy of The Pencil of Nature at the college library. Entertaining reading as well as the prints. I thought his picture of glassware was pretty cool.
Last week, in class, we got to experiment ourselves with the cyanotype process. Here’s what I did:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2icSSExAFV/?igsh=Y3pnaGhodzd0M3hj
Last week, in class, we got to experiment ourselves with the cyanotype process. Here’s what I did:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2icSSExAFV/?igsh=Y3pnaGhodzd0M3hj
