Getty: The Photography Incunabula Collection at the Getty Research Institute. Free download.Illustrated primarily with salted paper prints or albumen prints.
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The Photography Incunabula Collection at the Getty Research Institute
Materials from the Research Library, Getty Research Institute
located in Los Angeles, CA.
The Photography Incunabula Collection at the Getty Research Institute
includes books from the 1840’s through the 1870’s, which are illustrated
primarily with salted paper prints or albumen print
These were the first photographic media viable for publication purposes
yet the production of such books was very labor-intensive: the images
were printed individually from paper or glass negatives and then mounted
manually onto the pages.
Together, the pioneers of photography and the publishers of these
innovative books used the new medium to experiment aesthetically, to
showcase photography’s various capabilities such as accuracy of detail,
and to disseminate the ever-expanding frontiers of knowledge—both
geographically and scientifically.
Ejemplo:
Ejemplo: