active 1854-1890 John Werge
The Evolution of Photography
With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, Etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664636690
Table of Contents
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHOTOGRAPHIC LITERATURE.
PICTURES OF THE POTOMAC IN PEACE AND WAR.
RAMBLES AMONG THE STUDIOS OF AMERICA.
TO DUBLIN AND BACK, WITH A GLANCE AT THE EXHIBITION.
ERRORS IN PICTORIAL BACKGROUNDS.
NOTES ON PICTURES IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY.
SHARPNESS AND SOFTNESS V. HARDNESS.
UNION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES.
UNION OF THE LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES.
THE USE OF CLOUDS IN LANDSCAPES.
THE USE OF CLOUDS AS BACKGROUNDS IN PORTRAITURE.
PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE IMMURED POMPEIIANS.
A SIMPLE MODE OF INTENSIFYING NEGATIVES.
PREFACE.
No previous history of photography, that I am aware of, has ever assumed the form of a reminiscence, nor have I met with a photographic work, of any description, that is so strictly built upon a chronological foundation as the one now placed in the hands of the reader. I therefore think, and trust, that it will prove to be an acceptable and readable addition to photographic literature.
It was never intended that this volume should be a text-book, so I have not entered into elaborate descriptions of the manipulations of this or that process, but have endeavoured to make it a comprehensive and agreeable summary of all that has been done in the past, and yet convey a perfect knowledge of all the processes as they have appeared and effected radical changes in the practice of photography.