History of Photography - Early Years Flashcards
Learn who did what and when in the early history of photography
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Who invented Carte-de-visites? when?
Andre-Adolphe Eugene Disderi, patented in 1854
Who is this and what is the significance in photography?
Frederick Douglas the most photographed individual of the 19th century. Photographer - Unknown. Portraits made of important figures and celebrities. 160 known photos of Douglas . this is a Daguerreotype.
Who made this Photo? Photographed friends and acquaintances: produced portraits as well as biblical, mythological and literary Narratives.
Julia Margaret Cameron, Beatrice, 1866, Albumen print. Also known for soft edges on her photos.
Beatrice Cenci was a young Roman noblewoman who murdered her father, Count Francesco …. Margaret Cameron posed her model, May Prinsep, as Beatrice in an 1866 albumen print portrait among a series she devoted to Beatrice Cenci.
Felix Tournachon
Who made this photo? Expressed psychological character through artistic posing and lighting; rejected popularity of staged portraiture.
Nadar. Nadar, Sarah Bernhardt, 1864, Albumen print
At some point in the course of 1864, the young Sarah Bernhardt had her portrait taken in the studio of the Paris photographer Felix Tournachon, known as Nadar
Who produced this example of photography used as an art-science; made through a telescope?
John Adams Whipple, The Moon, 1851 Daguerreotype.
Moon. Quarter-plate daguerreotype by John Adams Whipple, 1851. Harvard … are some of the earliest successful daguerreotypes of the moon, Made his first daguerreotype in 1840 winter.
The person that produced this photo broadened subject matter for photography; Developed faster lens that could stop action.
Charles Nègre, Chimney Sweeps Walking, 1851, Calotype
He invented a system of multiple lenses that would allow him to capture motion, which he succeeded in doing in photographs such as Market Scene at the Port de L’Hotel de Ville, Paris (1851) and Chimney Sweeps Walking (1851)
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Who used an Improved waxed negative; allowed for capturing motion? What other aspects did this photo show?
Gustave Le Gray, The Sun at Zenith, Normandy, c. 1855, Calotype. Gustave, born 1820 - died 1884. Had a background in painting. use of artifices or masks to combine negatives to produce both sky and ground with tonal variation.
Who was first to use photography in a book? Using direct positive process?
Anna Atkins, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, 1843-1853, Cyanotype
Anna Atkins (née Children; 16 March 1799 – 9 June 1871[1]) was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images.[2][3][4] Some sources claim that she was the first woman to create a photograph.
Atkins self-published her photograms in the first installment of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions in October 1843.[2] Although privately published, with a limited number of copies, and with handwritten text, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions is considered the first book illustrated with photographic images
Who produced this first photograph using an 8 hour exposure?
Nicephore Niépce, View from Window at Le Gras, c. 1826-27, Heliograph. currently at U of Texas Austin.
Who acted as a designer and stylist; used theatrical clients and posing.
Napoleon Sarony, Sarah Bernhardt, 1880, Albumen print
Artist: Napoleon Sarony (American (born Canada), Quebec 1821–1896 New York). Date: 1880. Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative.
Albumen print. (1821 – 1896) was an American lithographer and photographer. He was a highly popular and prolific portrait photographer, most known for his portraits of the stars of late 19th century American theater. Sarony was born in Quebec in 1821 and moved to New York City around 1836.
Who produced this photo using a Negative to Positive system; showing the artistic possibilities of a photograph?
William Henry Fox Talbot, Haystack, 1844-45, Calotype
The Haystack – William Henry Fox Talbot 1844 … very interested in arguing the advantages of his Calotype process over the Daguerreotype.
Haystack - Salted paper print from a Calotype negative.
who is the clown?
Who made multiple negatives on one plate: increased the popularity of portraiture; collectibles
André Disdéri, Paul Legrand (clown), c. 1860-65, Carte de visite
Carte de Visite: • It was usually made of an albumen print, which was a thin paper photograph mounted on a thicker paper card. • The Carte de … Andre Disderi of Paul Legrand (clown in white face) 1860-65
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Who used this, an improved upon process allowed for an accidental first portrait; single, positive process and not reproducible?
Louis Daguerre, View of Boulevard du Temple, c. 1839, Daguerreotype
The shoe shiner working on Paris’ Boulevard du Temple one spring day in 1839 had no idea he would make history. But Louis Daguerre’s groundbreaking …
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What is the title of this image? who created it and when?
View from a window at Le Gras. Joseph Nicephore Niepce. 1827 Heliograph.
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What is the first photograph of a portrait, who created it and when?
Boulevard du Temple, Paris ca 1838. Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre.
Who created this image and when?
Moon 1851, John Adams Whipple. Daguerreotype. Through a telescope.
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Who created this image and included it in his book Pencil of Nature, 1844-1846.
Henry Fox Talbot. Salted Paper from calotype negative. “The Open Door” 1843
