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.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Early paper prints and their confusing terminology |
| Examples |
| 2 | Painted salt prints |
| 3 | Blanquart-Evrard process prints |
| 4 | Louis-Désiré Blanquart-Evrard: reproductions of works of art |
| 5 | Salt prints: Stereo |
| Photographers |
| 6 | Henry Fox Talbot: The Pencil of Nature (1844-1846) |
| 7 | Henry Fox Talbot: Sun Pictures in Scotland (1845) |
| 8 | Henry Fox Talbot: The Bertoloni Album |
| 9 | Henry Fox Talbot: Paper negatives, waxed paper negatives, calotypes |
| 10 | Hill & Adamson: Portraits |
| 11 | Hill & Adamson: Scottish presbyterians |
| 12 | Hill & Adamson: Disruption of the Church of Scotland (1843) |
| 13 | Hill & Adamson: Newhaven |
| 14 | Hill & Adamson: A Series of Calotype Views - St. Andrews (1846) |
| 15 | Auguste Salzmann: Jerusalem |
| 16 | John Beasly Greene: Le Nil (1854) |
| 17 | John Stewart: Pyrenees (1850s) |
| 18 | Vicomte Joseph Vigier: Pyrenees |
| 19 | Edmond Bacot: Christian architecture and cultural heritage in France |
| 20 | Pompeo Bondini: Italy |
| 21 | Roger Fenton: Russia (1852) |
| 22 | George Robinson Fardon: San Francisco Album. Photographs of the Most Beautiful Views and Public Buildings of San Francisco (1856-1857) |
| 23 | Julien Vallou de Villeneuve: Artist studies - Académies |
| 24 | Louis-Camille d'Olivier: Nudes |
| 25 | Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851 (1852) |
| Themes |
| 26 | Salt prints: Backgrounds |
| 27 | Salt prints: Exteriors |
| 28 | Salt prints: Portraits |
| 29 | Salt prints: Occupations and roles |
| 30 | Salt prints: Military |
| 31 | Salt prints: Landscapes |
| 32 | Salt prints: Panoramas |
| 33 | Salt prints: Scientific |
| 34 | Salt prints: Still life |
| 35 | Salt prints: Objects |
| 36 | Salt prints: Events |
| Regional |
| 37 | Salt prints: Germany |
| The fading of salt prints |
| 38 | Photographic Society of London: Fading Committee (1855) |
