Publié à l'occasion de l'exposition présentée par le J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Center), à Los Angeles, du 30 août au 27 novembre 2016.
" In the years following the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions.
The rich body of work they developed proved foundational to the establishment of early photography, from the introduction of the paper negative in the late 1840s to the proliferation of more-standardized equipment and photomechanical technology in the 1860s. The essays in this elegant volume investigate the early history of the medium when the ambiguities inherent in the photograph were ardently debated.
Focusing on the French photographers who worked with paper negatives, especially the key figures Édouard Baldus, Gustave Le Gray, Henri Le Secq, and Charles Nègre, Real/Ideal explores photography's status as either (or both) fine art or industrial product, its repertoire of subject matter, its ideological functions, and even the ever- experimental photographic process itself. "
Cent quarante-quatre photographies reproduites à pleine page.
Sont précisés : artiste, titre, date, technique.
Outre BALDUS, LE GRAY, LE SECQ et NEGRE, citons également H.V. REGNAULT, HUMBERT de MOLARD, FLACHERON, BAYARD, GIROUX, NADAR, CUVELIER...
Textes de K. HELLMAN, A. de MONDENARD, P.-L. ROUBERT, S. AUBENAS et S. FREEMAN (60 figures).
.Liste des photographies (144 numéros)
.Chronologie 1822-1910
.Index
Introduction de Karen HELLMAN
Los Angeles, Getty Publications, 2016, 25,1 x 29,7 cm, pleine toile havane, jaquette illustrée (G. LE GRAY), 226 pages.
9781606065105
TEXTE EN ANGLAIS
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