Daguerre, Talbot and the publication of photography in 1839
"It is," wrote Alexander von Humboldt to Carl Gustav Carus at the end of February 1839, "one of the most astonishing discoveries of recent times."
Seven weeks earlier, the daguerreotype had been publicly presented in Paris - and with it, for the first time, the possibility of producing photographic images. News of this invention spread like wildfire around the world and encouraged other inventors to make their own photographic research public. 1839 was the year in which people began to think and talk about photography.
The texts collected in this volume set the course for the discourse on photography from now on. They were concerned with coining metaphors and terms, developing comparisons and arguments - in short, establishing standards of speech. Far-reaching fantasies are formulated, but also serious fears. And in all cases, nothing less than the future of the visual arts is at stake.
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Editor: Steffen Siegel
Number of pages: 518 pages
Published: 1st edition 2014
ISBN: 978-3-7705-5736-3
Publisher: Fink
Type: French brochure
Language: German
