HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY

8 Preface

HISTORY 14 The Origin of Photography 30 Daguerre 44 Nicéphore Niepce 60 The Niepce-Daguerre Partnership 74 The Daguerreotype 88 The Progress of a New Art 106 Photography OPERATIONS & PROCESSES 120 The Studio and Apparatus 140 The Negative 160 The Positive on Paper 172 Theory and Practice 184 Retouching 192 Enlargement of Proofs 200 Processes 222 Problems to be Solved 234 Appendix 254 Index 264 Also from MuseumsEtc 270 Colophon

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