In 1851, when photographs were first shown at the Great Exhibition of Arts and Industry, photography was primarily a hobby for well-to-do amateurs. These early photographers were members of the intellectual and aristocratic elite. They had the means, the education, and the leisure to pursue this new art-science with ardent seriousness. They formed societies, such as the Photographic Society and the Photographic Exchange Club, and published journals for the purpose of sharing their discoveries, exchanging photographs, and publicizing the medium. In this highly original and sensitive book about the birth and transformation of photography in Victorian England, Grace Seiberling explores the work of thirty-three amateur photographers. She describes how they affected the development of the medium and set technical, subject, and compositional standards for future generations of photographers.
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The vision of the world which early British photographers presented in their pictures was also a vision of what photography was or could become. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
photographic correspondence, commercial portraitists, exchange club members, photographic exchange, calotype negatives, collodion negatives, photographic society, early amateurs, collodion positives, calotype process, albumen paper, salted paper, antiquarian subjects, collodion process, photographic journal, albumen print, biographical appendix, paper negatives, amateur tradition, early photographers, intaglio prints, pictorial photography, compositional types, picturesque subjects, amateur photography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Photographic Exchange Club, Photographic Album, International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Crystal Palace, Illustrated London News, Photographic Club, Robert Howlett, George Shadbolt, Joseph Cundall, Philip Delamotte, Amateur Photographic Association, King's College, Lady Augusta Mostyn, Roger Fenton, Royal Academy, Henry White, Royal Society, Edward Kater, Fox Talbot, Francis Bedford, Sir William, Photographic Institution, The Pencil of Nature, Burnham Beeches New!
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photographic correspondence, commercial portraitists, exchange club members, photographic exchange, calotype negatives, collodion negatives, photographic society, early amateurs, collodion positives, calotype process, albumen paper, salted paper, antiquarian subjects, collodion process, photographic journal, albumen print, biographical appendix, paper negatives, amateur tradition, early photographers, intaglio prints, pictorial photography, compositional types, picturesque subjects, amateur photography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Photographic Exchange Club, Photographic Album, International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Crystal Palace, Illustrated London News, Photographic Club, Robert Howlett, George Shadbolt, Joseph Cundall, Philip Delamotte, Amateur Photographic Association, King's College, Lady Augusta Mostyn, Roger Fenton, Royal Academy, Henry White, Royal Society, Edward Kater, Fox Talbot, Francis Bedford, Sir William, Photographic Institution, The Pencil of Nature, Burnham Beeches New!
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- The Pencil of Nature by William Henry Fox Talbot on 8 pages
- George Washington Wilson by Roger Taylor on 5 pages
- The Naturalist in Britain by David Elliston Allen on 4 pages
- The Victorian Country House by Mark Girouard on page 54, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Country and the City by Raymond Williams on page 66, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Nature Exposed: Photography as Eyewitness in Victorian Science by Jennifer G. Tucker on 5 pages
- From Life: Julia Margaret Cameron and Victorian Photography by Victoria C. Olsen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Public Places, Private Journeys: Ethnography, Entertainment, and the Tourist Gaze by Ellen Strain in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Framing the Victorians: Photography and the Culture of Realism by Jennifer Green-Lewis on page 50, and Back Matter
- Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming by Gary Alan Fine in Back Matter
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