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Typological photography uses repetition and classification to uncover the hidden structures of the world, from architectural forms to human physiognomy. Luminous-Lint examines the history of this "objective" style, connecting early scientific classification to the influential work of the Bechers and their followers.

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Discover the power of repetition and the histories of photographic typologies.

Contents

Introduction
1Typology
2Examples of typologies
Photographers
3Juan Laurent: Arms and armour
4Charles and Jane Clifford: Armour
5Oliver H. Willard: American Army uniforms (ca 1865)
6Alphonse Bertillon: Identification Anthropometrique, Instructions Signaletiques (1893)
7Bedford Lemere & Co.: Album No. 1, Photographs taken from Specimens in Royal Architectural Museum (ca 1872)
8Eugène Atget: Architecture: Door furniture and door knockers (ca 1900)
9Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein: Die gestielten crinoiden der Siboga-expedition (1907) [Sea stars - Crinoids]
10Edwin Hale Lincoln: Wildflowers and orchids of the North-Eastern United States
11Karl Blossfeldt (1865-1952)
12Karl Blossfeldt: Books
13August Sander: Portraits
14Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies
15William Laven: War Models
16Mandy Barker: Environmental damage through plastic waste of the seas
Vernacular examples of typologies
17Aircraft recognition training - U.S. Navy (ca. 1947-1951)

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