The Art of the Daguerreotype by Stephan Richter
In august 1839, a major historical event, Daguerre's invention of photography, was announced in Paris. These first photographs, Daguerreotypes, were made with complicated process. The image was photographed onto a silver-coated piece of copper and therefore every daguerreotype was, and is today, unique. Stephan Richter's collection of daguerrotypes consists of hundreds of images of superb quality. This book shows that in the first 20 years of this process, photographs of outstanding quality were made, many of them carefully hand tinted by specialists.
Stefan Richter, Geboren 1979; 2000-05 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Osnabruck; 2006-07 Master-Studium an der University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, USA; 2007 LL.M.; seit Juli 2010 Rechtsanwalt in Dusseldorf; 2011 Promotion.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670826889 |
| ISBN 10 | 067082688X |
| Title | The Art of the Daguerreotype |
| Author | Stephan Richter |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-07-27 |
| Number of pages | 144 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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