Contents
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Occupations of early photographers
10058.01 Occupations of early photographers
It is not surprising that early photographers had occupations that included science, optics, printing, chemistry, engraving, printing and the arts. Within this list some people fall into multiple categories, whilst others maintained their primary occupations as they experimented with photography, others took up photography and then reverted to their earlier occupation or took up a totally different one. Some people such as those involved in the early faltering steps of photography such as Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Henry Fox Talbot and Sir John Frederick William Herschel were blends of secretive scientists, showmen of the age and agile-minded polymaths.
Styles and movements
10058.02 Styles and movements
Processes and products
10058.03 Process and product
             
Process and product addresses each of major types of photographs from the earliest days of photography through to the present day.
10058.04 Daguerreotype plate sizes
| Name | Size (ins) | Size (cm) |
| Whole / Full Plate | 6.5 x 8.5 | 16.5 x 21.5 |
| Half Plate | 4.25 x 5.5 | 11 x 14 |
| Quarter Plate | 3.25 x 4.25 | 8 x 11 |
| Sixth Plate | 2.75 x 3.25 | 7 x 8 |
| Ninth Plate | 2 x 2.5 | 5 x 6 |
| Sixteenth Plate | 1.375 x 1.625 | 3.5 x 4 |
Sizes are approximate and and based on the image's plate rather than any matte. Photographers could cut down plates and trim plates so actual sizes varied.
10058.05 Card photograph types
                   
| Type | Size (ins) | Size (cm) | Notes | | Carte de visite / CDV | 2 1/2 x 4 ins | 6.4 x 10 cm | | | Cabinet card / CC | 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 ins | 11 x 17 cm | | | Boudoir | 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 ins | 14 x 21.06 cm |
| | Imperial / Imperial cabinet card | 7 x 10 ins | 17.8 x 25.4 cm |
| | Kodak | 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 ins | 10.8 x 13.3 cm |
| | Panel card | 13 x 7 1/2 ins | 33 x 19 cm |
| | Paris card | 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 ins | 24.8 x 17.1 cm |
| | Promenade | 7 1/2 x 4 ins | 19 x 10.2 cm |
| | Swiss | 6 1/2 x 2.85 ins | 16.5 x 7.3 cm |
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Carte de visite and the later Cabinet cards most commonly used albumen prints but other processes such as cyanotype and gelatin silver prints were also used.
Photobooks
10058.06 Books about photobooks
               
10058.07 British photobooks
                                
10058.08 French photobooks
                
10058.09 German photobooks
                    
10058.10 Dutch photobooks
  
10058.11 Czech photobooks
        
10058.12 American photobooks
                                  
10058.13 Japanese photobooks
                          
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General reading
Badger, Gerry, 2011, The Genius of Photography, (Quadrille Publishing Ltd) isbn-10: 1844006093 isbn-13: 978-1844006090 [Accompanies the BBC TV series of the same name] [Δ]
Coe, Brian, 1976, The Birth of Photography: The Story of the Formative Years 1800-1900, (New York: Taplinger) [Δ]
Crawford, William, 1979, The Keepers of Light: A History and Working Guide to Early Photographic Processes, (New York: Morgan & Morgan) [2nd edition] [Δ]
Daval, Jean-Luc, 1982, Photography: History of an Art, (New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.) [Translated by R. F. M. Dexter] [Δ]
Davis, Keith F., 1999, An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) [2nd edition] [Δ]
Davis, Keith F., 2007, The Origins of American Photography: From Daguerrotype to Dry-Plate, (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press) [Δ]
Eder, Josef Maria, 1945, History of Photography, (New York: Columbia University Press) [4th edition, translated by Edward Epstean] [Δ]
Frizot, M., 1994, Nouvelle Histoire De La Photographie, (Paris: Bordas) [Δ]
Frizot, Michel (ed.), 1998, A New History of Photography, (New York: Könemann) [English language edition] [Δ]
Gernsheim, H. & Gernsheim, A., 1965, A Concise History of Photography, (London: Thames & Hudson) [Δ]
Gernsheim, Helmut, 1955, The History of Photography from the Earliest Use of the Camera Obscura... up to 1914, (Oxford University Press) [Δ]
Gernsheim, Helmut, 1986, A Concise History of Photography, (NY: Dover) [3rd edition] [Δ]
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1982, The Origins of Photography. Vol. 1 of The History of Photography, (New York: Thames and Hudson) [Δ]
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1988, The History of Photography: From the Camera Obscura to the Beginning of the Modern Era, (London: Thames and Hudson) [3rd edition] [Δ]
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1988, The Rise of Photography, 1850–1880: The Age of Collodion. Vol. 2 of The History of Photography, (New York: Thames and Hudson) [Δ]
Guadagnini, Walter (ed.), 2011, Photography: The Origins 1839-1890, (Skira) isbn-10: 8857207188 isbn-13: 978-8857207186 [The Skira History of Photography (Volume 1)] [Δ]
Guadagnini, Walter (ed.), 2012, Photography: A New Vision of the World 1891-1940, (Skira) isbn-10: 8857210324 isbn-13: 978-8857210322 [The Skira History of Photography (Volume 2)] [Δ]
Hacking, Juliet, 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel) isbn-10: 3791347349 isbn-13: 978-3791347349 [Δ]
Hirsch, Robert, 1999, Seizing the Light: A History of Photography, (McGraw-Hill) isbn-10: 0697143619 isbn-13: 978-0697143617 [Δ]
Hirsch, Robert, 2009, Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography, (McGraw-Hill) isbn-10: 0073379212 isbn-13: 978-0073379210 [Second edition] [Δ]
Lecuyer, R., 1945, Histoire de la photographie, (Paris: Baschet) [Δ]
Lemagny, Jean-Claude & Rouillé, André (eds.), 1987, A History of Photography: Social and Cultural Perspectives, (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press) [English edition, translated by Janet Lloyd] [Δ]
Marien, Mary Warner, 2006, Photography: A Cultural History, (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall,) [2nd edition] [Δ]
Marien, Mary Warner, 2011, Photography and its Critics: A Cultural History, 1839-1900, (Cambridge University Press) isbn-10: 1107403383 isbn-13: 978-1107403383 [Δ]
Marien, Mary Warner, 2012, 100 Ideas that Changed Photography, (Laurence King Publishers) isbn-10: 1856697967 isbn-13: 978-1856697965 [Δ]
Moholy, Lucia, 1939, 100 Years of Photography: 1839–1939, (Hammondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, Ltd) [Δ]
Newhall, Beaumont, 1949, The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present Day, (New York: The Museum of Modern Art) [Δ]
Newhall, Beaumont, 1967, Latent Image: The Discovery of Photography, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday) [Δ]
Newhall, Beaumont, 1967, Latent Image: The Discovery of Photography, (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books) [Δ]
Newhall, Beaumont, 1982, History of Photography from 1839 to the Present, (New York: Museum of Modern Art) [Revised edition] [Δ]
Newhall, Beaumont, 1982, The History of Photography: From 1839 to the Present Day, (New York: Museum of Modern Art) [5th edition] [Δ]
Pirker, Christain & Girandon, Daniel, 2012, Controversies: A Legal and Ethical History of Photography, (Actes Sud) isbn-10: 2742797009 isbn-13: 978-2742797004 [Δ]
Pollack, Peter, 1969, The Picture History of Photography from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present Day, (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) [Δ]
Pollack, Peter, 1977, The Picture History of Photography: From the Earliest Beginnings to the Present Day, (New York: Harry N. Abrams) isbn-10: 0810920565 [Concise edition] [Δ]
Roberts, Pam, 2007, A Century of Colour Photography: From the Autochrome to the Digital Age, (London: Andre Deutsch) [Δ]
Rosenblum, Naomi, 1984, A World History of Photography, (New York: Abbeville Press) [Δ]
Rosenblum, Naomi, 1994, A History of Women Photographers, (New York: Abbeville Press) [Δ]
Rosenblum, Naomi, 2000, A History of Women Photographers, (New York: Abbeville Press) [2nd edition] [Δ]
Rosenblum, Naomi, 2007, A World History of Photography, (New York: Abbeville Press) [4th edition] [Δ]
Story, Alfred Thomas, 1898, The Story of Photography, (London: George Newnes) [Δ]
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1968, L. J. M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype, (New York: Dover Publications, Inc.) [Second revised edition. Reprint of the 1956 London edition] [Δ]
Helmut Gernsheim
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison, 1968, L. J. M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype, (New York: Dover Publications, Inc.) [Second revised edition. Reprint of the 1956 London edition] [Δ]
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
Resources
History of Photography: Guide to research
http://wally.rit.edu ...
Rochester Institute of Technology guide produced by the library. Excellent starting point for anybody looking into the history of photography. The reference numbers relate to the resources held at RIT but the information is still very useful.
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