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The Photohistory of geology, mineralogy and related sciences |
In this Newsletter I will show how the diverse aspects of geology are covered on Luminous-Lint.
The science of geology is the study of the Earth, its rocks and how they change. The physical changes to the Earth's surface and the realization that processes took many thousands of years to occur played a role in nineteenth century evolutionary science although the roots of the history of geology can be traced back to Medieval Islamic scholars.
The recognition that the changes to waterfalls, rivers, deltas, glaciers, volcanoes and geysers all demonstrated forces altering the landscape over time led to the realization that the unchangeable world of Christian belief was not tenable.
Geologists and related scientists |
A short notice in Sharpe's London Journal (vol. X, p. 50) containing several errors, including the incorrect spellings of Father Hennepin and J.E. Mayall and falsely attributing daguerreotypes of Niagara Falls to the latter, is still interesting as it appreciated the importance of photography as an aid to documenting geological changes over time.
Sir C. Lyell, in his recently published Travels, observes : "The Falls of Niagara, though continually in motion, have all the effects of a fixed and unvarying feature in the landscape; and, however strange it may seem, some Daguerreotype representations have been executed with no small success. They not only record the form of the rocks and the islands, but even the leading features of the cataract, and the shape of the rising clouds of spray. I have often wished that Father Hennessin [sic] could have taken one of these portraits, and bequeathed it to the geologists of our times. It would have afforded us no slight aid in our speculations respecting the comparative states of the ravine in the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. " The first series of Views of the Falls taken by the Daguerreotype, was executed by J. E. Myall [sic], (Prof. High School,) in September, 1846.
Elliott & Fry (55 Baker Street, Portman Square), Sir Charles Lyell, Geologist, 1869 (ca), Carte de visite, Wisconsin Historical Society, Increase Allen Lapham: Papers, 1825-1930, carte-de-visite collection, WHS Image id: WHi-45315
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Henry Cadell used photography to document his experiments into how forces needed to be applied to explain rock formations.
Unidentified photographer, Henry Mowbray Cadell (?), H.M. Cadell mountain building experiments. No 10. Using his 'squeeze box' Cadell carried out early experiments to try and explain the geometry and mechanisms of thrusting in layered rocks., 1902-1910 (?), Glass negative, British Geological Survey, geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk, © NERC, Henry Mowbray Cadell archives, P number: P768933
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I'm very interested to see other portraits of geologists and their experiments.
To date I've seen very few geological maps illustrated with photographs and this example by Richebourg remains a rarity.
Richebourg, Photoglyph of a quarry with descriptions of layers [Carrière de Pierre a Batir], [Carte géologique détaillée de la France, Feuille 48.- Paris - Annexes. Perspectives Photographiques. Pl. II], 1879 (published), Photoglyph, 20 x 24 ins (sheet), Northern Light Gallery
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Geological features and landforms |
Photography has documented every geological feature and landform. Glaciologists study early photographs of glaciers to see how they have receded because of global warming. The Mer de Glace in Chamonix was photographed by John Ruskin and Frederick Crawley (1854), Bisson frères (1858), Victor Muzet (1860) and numerous others and the retreat of the once formidible glaciers is clearly evident today.
Frank Jay Haynes, [Old Faithful Geyser], 1885 (ca), Gelatin silver print, hand-coloured, J.P. Getty Museum, Object Number: 90.XM.52
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Geysers in Nevada were photographed by Timothy H. O'Sullivan. Frank Jay Haynes documented the erupting geysers of Yellowstone. Over recent years a shortage of underground water to drive the geothermal plants at The Geysers in Mayacamas Mountains north of San Francisco has led to them being topped up with treated sewage effluent. How the purity of the world changes.
We need to construct visual indexes to understand the formations of the landscapes and the intersections between science and art. We need to go beyond the 1976 book Geology Illustrated by John S. Sheldon to go through the archives to construct a new photographic history of geology.
Branson DeCou (American, 1892-1941), County Antrim: landscape at the Giant's Causeway, with Branson DeCou [Dream Pictures and Travelogues], 1932-1935 (ca), Lantern slide, tinted, 3 1/4 x 4 in. University of California, Santa Cruz. McHenry Library, Special Collections, Branson DeCou archive, Collection Call Number: MS 38, Accession Number: DC1.372.0225L
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Geological museums and exhibitions |
The Museum of Economic Geology, now part of the Natural History Museum in London, opened in 1835 the same decade as photography was announced. Understanding minerology and geology was important in the economic development and raw resource exploitation of the vast colonial empires that were emerging through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
For geological education mining schools, such as Camborne School of Mines (founded 1888), grew in importance as the need for trained mining engineers, geologists and cartographers increased.
Roger Fenton, The Mineral Gallery In The British Museum, 1857 (ca), Stereocard, half, Archive Farms
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Unidentified photographer (French), Mineralogical Gallery at the Regional Contest at Nïmes, 1863, 1863 (ca), Albumen print, 16.5 x 22.2 cm (image), Rijksmuseum, RP-F-2016-149
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If you have any photographs related to geology from any period of photography and any part of the world I'd be interested to see them. Many thanks.
Photohistory Quests - Progress to date (30 October 2020) |
The Photohistory Quests being carried out on Facebook are both enjoyable and informative. Many examples from private collections around the world have filled in gaps and rounded out our knowledge of obscure subjects. To date 215 Quests have been completed and thousands of photographs have arrived in. Thanks to everybody who is participating.
PHOTOHISTORY QUESTS:
FIRST SERIES: 1-100
1. Arms & Armour (29 March 2020)
2. Fruits (30 March 2020)
3. Vegetables (31 March 2020)
4. Birds (1 April 2020)
5. Clouds (2 April 2020)
6. Lightning and the damage it creates (3 April 2020)
7. Poppies (4 April 2020)
8. Butterflies and moths (5 April 2020)
9. Beds and bedrooms (6 April 2020)
10. Buddhism (7 April 2020)
11. Glaciers (8 April 2020)
12: Balloon and kite photography (9 April 2020)
13. Architectural models and drawings (10 April 2020)
14: Scotland: Rosslyn Chapel / Roslin Chapel (11 April 2020)
15. Events (12 April 2020)
16. Alcohol (13 April 2020)
17. Extinct animals (14 April 2020)
18. Ferns (15 April 2020)
19. Text and calligraphy (16 April 2020)
20. The Temple of Vesta, Rome (17 April 2020)
21. Umbrellas and parasols (18 April 2020)
22. Skulls (19 April 2020)
23. Archaeological finds (20 April 2020)
24. Insects - not butterflies or moths (21 April 2020)
25. Photomicroscopy (22 April 2020)
26. Judaism and Judaica (23 April 2020)
27. Non-architectural models (24 April 2020)
28. Domestic lighting, candlesticks, oil lamps and chandeliers (25 April 2020)
29. Stamps, wet, blind and embossed (26 April 2020)
30. Glass and crystal (27 April 2020)
31. Pottery, china, porcelain and ceramics (28 April 2020)
32. Collage and photomontage (29 April 2020)
33. Fountains (30 April 2020)
34. Iran (1 May 2020)
35. Charity (2 May 2020)
36. Italian Street Musicians - Pifferari (3 May 2020)
37. Vacant chairs (4 May 2020)
38. Landscape reflections in water (5 May 2020)
39. Paintings showing photographs and albums (6 May 2020)
40. Shop and business exteriors (7 May 2020)
41. Miners and mining (8 May 2020)
42. Construction of bridges, viaducts and aqueducts (9 May 2020)
43. Occupational portraits of women (10 May 2020)
44. Mosques (11 May 2020)
45. Roses (12 May 2020)
46. Egypt: Wall art, bas-relief, hieroglyphics and graffiti (13 May 2020)
47. Packaging photographs (14 May 2020)
48. St. Peter's Cathedral, Rome (15 May 2020)
49. Bas-relief sculpture (16 May 2020)
50. Hunters, their weapons and dogs (17 May 2020)
51. Fans (18 May 2020)
52. Central or Middle Asia (19 May 2020)
53. Counter-stamped coins, tokens and premiums for photographic studios (20 May 2020)
54. Jesus Christ (21 May 2020)
55. Water carriers (22 May 2020)
56. Anthropometry (23 May 2020)
57. Commercial catalogues for photographers (24 May 2020)
58. Singapore and the Malay Peninsula (25 May 2020)
59. Elephants (26 May 2020)
60. Lions (27 May 2020)
61. The Georgian Military Road (28 May 2020)
62. Playing cards (29 May 2020)
63. Sumo wrestling (30 May 2020)
64. The Cedars of Lebanon (31 May 2020)
65. Bread, flour based products, bakers and bakeries (1 June 2020)
66. Illustrations (not photos) showing women photographers (2 June 2020)
67. Cutlery - Knives, forks and spoons (3 June 2020)
68. Manufacturers and painters of studio backgrounds (4 June 2020)
69. The Balkans - excluding Greece (5 June 2020)
70. Patent illustrations related to photography (6 June 2020)
71. Maps and photography (7 June 2020)
72. Surveyors and cartographers (8 June 2020)
73. Peoples of the Arctic (9 June 2020)
74. Megalethoscopes and Alethoscopes (10 June 2020)
75. Work benches and darkrooms in photography studios (11 June 2020)
76. Burma (12 June 2020)
77. Cambodia (13 June 2020)
78. Vietnam (14 June 2020)
79. Armenia (15 June 2020)
80. Tableaux vivants (16 June 2020)
81. Magnesium light (17 June 2020)
82. Non-English language books and magazines with tipped-in photographs (18 June 2020)
83. Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions (19 June 2020)
84. Hand-painted landscapes and cityscapes devoid of people (20 June 2020)
85. Advertising albums (21 June 2020)
86. Tea (22 June 2020)
87. X-rays of animals (23 June 2020)
88. Bathrooms (24 June 2020)
89. Rubber trees, the collection of rubber, processing and products (25 June 2020)
90. Oil industry outside the USA (26 June 2020)
91. Eggs (27 June 2020)
92. Floods (28 June 2020)
93. Horses posing in front of painted backgrounds and painted
walls (29 June 2020)
94. Airbrushing photographs (30 June 2020)
95. The internal geometry of bridges (1 July 2020)
96. Decorative ironwork (2 July 2020)
97. Cyanotypes of factories, workshops and industrial products (3 July 2020)
98. The constrained - handcuffs, leg irons, stocks and cangues (4 July 2020)
99. Cyanotypes of objects (5 July 2020)
100. Catacombs (6 July 2020)
SECOND SERIES: 101-200
101. Egypt: The Sphinx (7 July 2020)
102. The Great Wall of China (8 July 2020)
103. Magazines and journals with tipped-in photographs (9 July 2020)
104. Stonehenge (10 July 2020)
105. Plowing / Ploughing (11 July 2020)
106. Pigs (12 July 2020)
107. Oceanographic research (13 July 2020)
108. Hypnotism (14 July 2020)
109. Jerusalem: Valley of Jehoshaphat - Kidron Valley (15 July 2020)
110. Printing frames (16 July 2020)
111. Resellers of photographs and distribution chains (17 July 2020)
112. Mecca and the Haj (18 July 2020)
113. Footwear (19 July 2020)
114. Photographs with grids for copying and transfer (20 July 2020)
115. Medical specimens (21 July 2020)
116. The Anglo-Egyptian War (1882), the naval bombardment of Alexandria, the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, the key figures and the veterans (22 July 2020)
117. Samoa (23 July 2020)
118. Chile (24 July 2020)
119. Business stationary related to photography (25 July 2020)
120. Earthquakes (26 July 2020)
121. Poland (27 July 2020)
122. Orchids (28 July 2020)
123. Mashrabiya, projecting oriel windows enclosed with carved wood latticework, of Cairo and the Arab World (29 July 2020)
124. Viewpoints - looking up and looking down (30 July 2020)
125. Caribbean and surrounding islands (31 July 2020)
126. Utah: Devil's Slide (1 August 2020)
127. London, Trafalgar Square (2 August 2020)
128. Thomas Houseworth - Houseworth's Celebrities (3 August 2020)
129. Postage stamps and photography (4 August 2020)
130. Beirut (5 August 2020)
131. Telescopes (6 August 2020)
132. Cheese (7 August 2020)
133. Barbers and hairdressers (8 August 2020)
134. Second Schleswig War / Prussian-Danish War (1864) (10 August 2020)
135. Hung game (11 August 2020)
136. Algiers (12 August 2020)
137. Libya (13 August 2020)
138. Wales (14 August 2020)
139. Commercial, and amateur, cartes de visite portraits taken outside but next to the house (15 August 2020)
140. Stereoviews of archaeological sites (16 August 2020)
141. Advertising and promoting photographic products by linking them to scientific expeditions (17 August 2020)
142. Memory and photomontage (18 August 2020)
143. Grapes and grapevines (19 August 2020)
144. Antarctica (20 August 2020)
145. Blacksmiths (21 August 2020)
146. Posters for photographic exhibitions (22 August 2020)
147. Fotoscultura (Mexican folk art) (23 August 2020)
148. Iceland (24 August 2020)
149. Cangues (25 August 2020)
150. Arcade photo booths (26 August 2020)
151. The manufacture of photography-related items (27 August 2020)
152. Space Age studio props (28 August 2020)
153. Kamakura: Daibutsu - The Great Buddha / Amida Buddha, Kotoku-in (29 August 2020)
154. Studio marks and signatures in the negative (30 August 2020)
155. The use of electric light in photographic studios (31 August 2020)
156. The Camera Lucida (1 September 2020)
157. Graves of notable photographers (2 September 2020)
158. Spirit Photography and paranormal manifestations (3 September 2020)
159. Yemen (4 September 2020)
160. Nasir al-Din Shah (5 September 2020)
161. Seaweed (6 September 2020)
162. Sarony and celebrities (7 September 2020)
163. Luxembourg (8 September 2020)
164. Interiors of Railroad Photographic Studios (9 September 2020)
165. Mormons (10 September 2020)
166. Dark tents and dark boxes (11 September 2020)
167. Camera stands and tripods (12 September 2020)
168. Solar Enlargers (13 September 2020)
169. Jerusalem: Church of the Holy Sepulchre (14 September 2020)
170. Cultural appropriation (15 September 2020)
171. Designs for backgrounds without people (16 September 2020)
172. Fakes, forgeries, tricks and deceptions (17 September 2020)
173. Refugees and migrants (18 September 2020)
174. Graphoscopes (19 September 2020)
175. Orotones (20 September 2020)
176. Tents used by prographers to ply their trade (21 September 2020)
177. Packaging for daguerreotypes (22 September 2020)
178.Proof copies (23 September 2020)
179. Afghanistan (24 September 2020)
180. Taxidermy (25 September 2020)
181. François Willème: Photosculpture (26 September 2020)
182. The Paris Commune and the Communards (27 September 2020)
183. Cartes de visite and cabinet cards of politicians and political events (28 September 2020)
184. Postmen and letter carriers (29 September 2020)
185. Shop window displays (30 September 2020)
186. Golf (1 October 2020)
187. Nomads of Central Asia (2 October 2020)
188. Trucks, semis, lorries, eighteen-wheeler, etc. (3 October 2020)
189. Architectural plans for photographic studios (4 October 2020)
190. More recent and non-US examples of the "helping hand", "hidden mother" and "hidden father" portraits (5 October 2020)
191. Tsar Bell, Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, Kremlin, Moscow (6 October 2020)
192. François Aubert: The execution of Emperor Maximilian - 1875 (7 October 2020)
193. Desert landscapes with no people (8 October 2020)
194. Models and toys related to photography (9 October 2020)
195. Cliffs (10 October 2020)
196. Obelisk of Theodosius, Istanbul (11 October 2020)
197. Photobooths in use (12 October 2020)
198. Camera clubs, photographic societies and cooperatives (13 October 2020)
199. Malta (14 October 2020)
200. Violins and fiddles (15 October 2020)
THIRD SERIES: 201-300
201. Autochromes: Trees, flowers, vegetables and fruits (16 October 2020)
202. The construction of underground railways, subways and stations (17 October 2020)
203. Porters from around the world (18 October 2020)
204. The hidden face (19 October 2020)
205. Bhutan (20 October 2020)
206. The architecture of Colonialism (21 October 2020)
207. Shells (22 October 2020)
208. Prisoners of war (23 October 2020)
209. Surveillance (24 October 2020)
210. Ears (25 October 2020)
211. Landscape: Rural pathways, tracks, trails and lanes (26 October 2020)
212. Landscape: Forests - a sense of being enclosed or trapped within the trees (27 October 2020)
213. Landscape: Non-US Waterrfalls (28 October 2020)
214. Geysers (29 October 2020)
215. Dams and their construction (30 October 2020)
The quests at first appear to be random but they are not. Each quest is to fill a specific requirement on Luminous-Lint. Quests are open to all so if you have a research question send it through.
FACEBOOK group: PHOTOHISTORY QUESTS
Here the photographs are not limited to a technique or date as I'm delving into the outer reaches of what is available in photography.
My deepest appreciation to all of you who have participated in the QUESTS to date and you can see everybody who has provided images to Luminous-Lint here:
Luminous-Lint: Acknowledgements
Thanks again for all your help over the years.
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The following Themes were updated on 16 September 2020.
Actors
Advertising
Aerial photography
Aerial reconnaissance and bombing photography
Agricultural and pastoral
Air transportation
Airplanes
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Anthropology and ethnology
Archaeology
Architecture
Argentina
Art
Asia
Astronomy
Backgrounds and foregrounds
Botany
Cabinet cards
Card photographs
Cartes de visite
Cases
Celebrities
Characters and occupational types
China
Civil engineering
Clouds
Commercial catalogues
Composition
Daguerreotypes
Dating photographs
Egypt
England
Ephemera
Expeditions and exploration
Fabricated realities
Fashion
Feet
Fiji
Hong Kong
Identity documents and badges
Illustrated magazines and photojournalism
Illustrated magazines
Ireland
Islamic architecture
Itinerant photographers
Japan
Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days
Land transportation
Landscapes of Asia
Lines and shapes
Literature
London
Marketing
Mexico
Military
Mobile studios
Objects incorporating photographs
Occupational
Occupations and roles
Paper objects
Photograph frames and easels
Photographers
Photographic publications
Photographic vans, wagons and cars
Photographing art - sculpture
Photographing celebrities
Politicians
Portrait
Religions
Rooms and their contents
Russia - Russian Federation
Sample books and sample boards
Scientific experiments
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sequences and series
Singapore
Spain
Stereoscopes
Stereoviews, stereographs and stereocards
Still life
Surveillance
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs
Tipped-in photographs and magazines and journals illustrated with photographs
Travel
Typologies
Wagon trains
If you have suggestions for examples and subjects that should be added please let me know.
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