Graham Smith, "Disciples of Light: Photographs in the Brewster Album"
Graham Smith, "Disciples of Light: Photographs in the Brewster Album"
Publisher: OUP | 1990 | ISBN: 0892361581 | English | PDF | 172 pages | 8.5 Mb
Publisher: OUP | 1990 | ISBN: 0892361581 | English | PDF | 172 pages | 8.5 Mb
Disciples of Light contains almost two hundred of the earliest known English and Scottish photographs, most of which have never been published. The volume includes all the significant photographs in the album, compiled by Sir David Brewster, an important early patron of photography. Photographs by William Henry Fox Talbot, the inventor of negative-positive paper photography, are included, as well as works by other photographers who improved upon Talbot’s invention. The text discusses the context in which the album was compiled, the personalities of the photographers, and the groups of specific images that it contains. Numerous comparative illustrations are included, as well as a checklist of all photographic images, a bibliography, and an index of all proper names and place names.
Foreword
John Walsh
Introduction
William Henry Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography
The Introduction of Photography into Scotland
Brewster, Talbot, and the St. Andrews Disciples
The Calotype in St. Andrews
Other Photographers Represented in the Brewster Album
Epilogue
Notes
The Brewster Album: A Checklist
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index of Personal and Place Names
John Walsh
Introduction
William Henry Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography
The Introduction of Photography into Scotland
Brewster, Talbot, and the St. Andrews Disciples
The Calotype in St. Andrews
Other Photographers Represented in the Brewster Album
Epilogue
Notes
The Brewster Album: A Checklist
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index of Personal and Place Names
Graham Smith, "Disciples of Light: Photographs in the Brewster Album"
