Subtitle: People, Places, and Phenomena as Captured for the First Time By the Camera
Author: Gail Buckland
Publisher: Macmillan (1980)
ISBN: 9780025180703
Category: Art / Photography
Synopsis:
Through photography we have been able to learn about the world and see virtually everything: subatomic particles, the surface of Mars, presidents and kings, dinosaur eggs and footprints, the ocean depths, outer space, assassinations and wars, the view from Mt. Everest, and people from Zulus to Miss America.
Photography has preserved history, and this book is full of historic firsts-from the first daguerreotype to the first photo of a baby in the womb.
Share in the excitement of the moment when a camera first captured the image of the subjects listed above, and nearly 300 others. Detailed, informative captions give the photographer's thoughts and comments upon taking the photograph, the circumstances surrounding the event, or the technical breakthroughs that made this particular photograph possible.
Reading the thoughts of these pioneers and seeing the images they worked so hard to attain, you will feel as though you are present at the making of history-not only the history of photography, but that of science, society, politics, and culture as well.
You'll sense the powerful, untamed spirit of the first American Indian ever to gaze at the white man's picture box.
You'll feel the balloon's gondola sway beneath your feet as the photographer struggles to capture the first photograph taken from the air-of Paris.
You'll share the pride of the first baseball team, immortalized when both baseball and the camera were new.
And you'll wonder anew at the vast desolation of our moon's landscape.
First Photographs is the result of years of intensive research by Gail Buckland, a leading photo historian. She scoured public and private collections in the United States and Europe to assemble this unprecedented array of "firsts," and each has been carefully documented.
Yet for all its authoritativeness, this book wears its learning lightly. Each photograph is a revelation and an experience. Together they not only shed light on the origins of the photographic art and its technical development, they also take you on a delightful tour of the world, past and present.
HERE ARE THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OF
MOST PUBLISHED HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME
Notes:
Includes indexes.
Tags: Photography -- Miscellanea. | Photography -- History. | Photography (Historical) | History.
Printing: 1st printing
Pages: 272
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Fine ( Book condition rating information)
Dustjacket Condition: Good
Cover Price: 29.95 USD
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