Description
Book SynopsisIn the middle of the nineteenth century a sympathetic relationship between art, science and technology laid the groundwork for photography to flourish, including camera obscura and the panorama. This is a lavishly produced book on the eventful first thirty years of photography in Scotland - around 1840 - 70. The photographers whose work is discussed include David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, James Valentine, Thomas Annan and George Washington Wilson plus practitioners not previously mentioned in any publication. Julia Margaret Cameron's encounter with Scotland is also described as is the work of Scottish photographers abroad.
Trade Review' ... The litany on the last two pages of the book's conclusion alone are testimony to the importance Scotland has played in advancing photography from its earliest days. I suggest you invest in a copy today. No bookshelf dedicated to the history and development of photography, never mind Scottish photography, should be without one.' Scottish Society for the History of Photography
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Foreword by Professor Emeritus Graham Smith
Preface by Henrietta Lidchi
Introduction
Ch. 1 The background to Scottish Photography
Ch. 2 The Enquiring Mind: 1839 to 1842
Ch. 3 The Beginnings of Professional Photography
Ch. 4 the Practical Calotype
Ch. 5 Professional Photography comes of Age
Ch. 6 Photography and Society
Ch. 7 the Radical Photographers
Ch. 8 The Nature and Purposes of Photography
Ch. 9 Travel and tourism
Ch. 10 Migration and Empire
Conclusion
Bibliography
Select Index
Image Credits
