Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.24 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1454900024 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Harold Mayle said many great illustrations and coverage of history. for the camera buff a book worth owning, many great illustrations and coverage of history; understandably fromkodak perspective, but am disappointed that no mention at all of the topcon many great illustrations and coverage of history for the camera buff a book worth owning, many great illustrations and coverage of history; understandably fromkodak perspective, but am disappointed that no mention at all of the topcon 35mm single lens reflex a revolutionary development, the first camera with a working thru the lens metering system. and also only one illustration of all the many cameras from universal camera corp. no mention of their mercury I or II a revolutionary design or of the fact that in the. 5mm single lens reflex a revolutionary development, the first camera with a working thru the lens metering system. and also only one illustration of all the many cameras from universal camera corp. no mention of their mercury I or II a revolutionary design or of the fact that in the. "Informative and interesting, but often exactly like "500 Cameras" in too many ways" according to Danton M.. The book is an interesting history of cameras up to the early digital age, with many cameras included. Of course, there is a bias toward Kodak, given the author's association with that company, but overall I enjoyed the history and pictures. Just be aware, if you own or have read the author's "500 Cameras," you will be reading the same details about cameras included in both books, WORD FOR WORD. Since I have read "500 Cameras" a couple of times, there are many pages. I couldn't put it down. Camera: A History of Photography from Daguerreotype to Digital is a feast for the eyes as well as the intellect. It is a tour de force of the cameras at the George Eastman House with some great images thrown in. The photographs of the cameras, equipment and images are beautifully lit and the perspective on each item is superb, and every photo is in perfect focus. For three hundred and sixty exciting pages, the reader takes a special guided tour of the storerooms of
This gorgeous cornerstone volume celebrating the camera and the art of the photograph, created in collaboration with the George Eastman House, spans almost 200 years, from the first faint image ever caught to today's state-of-the-art digital equipment. Images of more than 350 cameras from the George Eastman House Collection, plus historic photos, ads, and drawings, complement the text.. The informative narrative by Todd Gustavson--including insightful essays by Steve Sasson (inventor of the digital camera) and Alexis Gerard (visionary founder of Future Image Inc.)--traces the camera's development, the lives of its inventors, and the artists behind the lens
All rights reserved. Over 350 color illus. (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Examples, from the Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., where he is curator of technology, show how innovative ideas became products and how those products made possible the progressive transformation of photography from amateur pastime into a business and a central component in the world of modern art. Major developments are discussed from the earliest wet plate cameras to the camera NASA used on the moon. From Publishers Weekly Gustavson's book is a history not of iconic images, but rather of the machines that made them possible. Detailed captions provide bo
He has curated or co-curated ten exhibitions for the museum, including the critically acclaimed traveling exhibition The Brownie at 100. He is responsible for the cataloging, storage, and maintenance of one of the world's largest collections of photographic and cinematic equipment, containing more than 20,000 artifacts. Todd Gustavson is Curator of Technology at the George Eastman House in Rochester, NY. Formerly a staff photographer at Chautauqua Institution in Wes