The keepers of light : a history & working guide to early photographic processes
1979, First Edition. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. : Morgan & Morgan. Very good copy in the original colour-printed boards, slightly dust-toned, and with light wear to the panel edges and endbands. Edges and prelims slightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #476387
ISBN: 0871001586
Physical description; 318 pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Photographic syntax – The first processes – Artistic preferences – The syntax takes shape – Syntactical corrections: combination printing – The beginnings of modern printing papers – Nonsilver processes – Naturalistic photography – Pictorialism – Stieglitz and the photo-secession – Three printmakers – Final words – Technical introduction – Materials and Techniques: Negatives and printing papers ; Chemicals ; Papers ; Sensitizing and printing – Silver Processes: Salted Paper ; Ambrotype – Ferric processes: Cyanotype ; Platinum and palladium ; Kallitype – Dichromate processes: Carbon, carbro, and three-color carbro ; Gum printing ; Oil and bromoil – Color technique: three color printing – Photomechanical Techniques: The early history of photomechanical printing ; Photogravure ; Collotype ; Other photomechanical processes ; Woodburytype – Conservation and restoration. Subjects; Photography – History – 19th-20th centuries. Photography – Printing processes – History.
Price: €21.95