Looking at Photographs – A Guide to Technical Terms - Softcover

Baldwin, .

 
9780892361922: Looking at Photographs – A Guide to Technical Terms
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0892361921 ISBN 13: 9780892361922
Publisher: Getty Publications, 2006

Synopsis

This reference guide contains an informative history of photography, with explanations of the technical terms often encountered by gallery patrons and those taking an interest in the background to photographic excellence for the first time. What is a contact print? What is a pinhole camera? What is the difference between a daguerreotype and a tintype, or between a gelatin silver print and a halftone? This work offers definitions and explanations of the techniques, processes and materials used in the making of photographs from the 1830s to the present. Its illustrations are mostly taken from the holdings of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.

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Review

"Handsomely printed and designed, beautifully illustrated...a useful reference tool."--Visual Resources"This volume would be useful on the shelves of any library, archive, or museum in need of photographic information."--American Reference Books Annual 1992 "Handsomely printed and designed, beautifully illustrated...a useful reference tool."--Visual Resources "This volume would be useful on the shelves of any library, archive, or museum in need of photographic information."--American Reference Books Annual 1992 "Handsomely printed and designed, beautifully illustrated...a useful reference tool."--Visual Resources "This volume would be useful on the shelves of any library, archive, or museum in need of photographic information."--American Reference Books Annual 1992 "Handsomely printed and designed, beautifully illustrated...a useful reference tool."--Visual Resources"This volume would be useful on the shelves of any library, archive, or museum in need of photographic information."--American Reference Books Annual 1992

About the Author

Gordon Baldwin is an independent scholar and former associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Martin Jurgens is a conservator of photographs in Hamburg, Germany.

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Publisher
Getty Publications
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0892361921
ISBN 13 
9780892361922
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
88

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