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| Golden Age of British Photography 1839-1900: Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, With Selections from the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Royal Archives, Windsor Castle, the
     
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Hardcover
189 pages
Aperture
Published 1984
Book Description
Photographs by Robert Adamson, Julia Margaret Cameron, Lady Clementina Hawarden, David Octavius Hill, William Henry Fox Talbot, and more
Edited and with an introduction by Mark Haworth-Booth
Introduced to the British public in 1839 by its inventor, William Henry Fox Talbot, photography quickly took its place-alongside explorations of new territories, discoveries in science, and expanding horizons in the arts-as an authentic wonder in an age of wonders. The Golden Age of British Photography presents photographs that represent the era, drawn from the extensive collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum and from other major museums and archives.
The medium's early history unfolds in 199 images, from one of photography's first successes, Talbot's enchanting view of his breakfast table, to Paul Martin's turn-of-the-century beach scenes, the precursors of today's snapshots.
Uninhibited by notions of what the new invention should be, early photographers depicted exotic faraway lands and the disappearing rural landscape, British cathedrals and London slums, the public and private faces of the time, and the newsworthy events that brought the times into view. These images, rarely seen and never before shown together, present photography at its most miraculous, its purest, and its most daring.
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