Photographers:
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Camera lucida


 
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Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.

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1Improving content on photographic techniques
Introduction
2Camera lucida: Design and use
Examples
3The camera lucida
Practitioners
4Captain Basil Hall: Forty Etchings From Sketches Made With The Camera Lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828 (1829)
5Henry Fox Talbot: Camera lucida drawings (1833)
6Henry Fox Talbot on using the Camera Lucida at Lake Como (1833)
7John Herschel: Camera lucida drawings

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