The mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900
Davies, Alan, 1946-1985
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Place reservation for The mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900Subject: THE MECHANICAL EYE IN AUSTRALIA is a unique book about the history of early Australian photography, from the first recorded photograph of 1841 to 1900, when the availabity of pocket cameras put photography within the reach of all Australians. Illustrations drawn from collections throughout Australia - many of them never before published - illustrate the changing technology of photography., from the earliest daguerreotypes, through the vast variety of methods used in the nineteenth century, to dry-plate photography. Alongside these images of the past are the accounts drawn from contemporary reports and advertisements, which give a vivid impression of the work of photographers and the place of photography in Australian society...-inside cover.
Main title:
The mechanical eye in Australia : photography 1841-1900 / Alan Davies & Peter Stanbury ; with assistance from Con Tanre.
Imprint:
Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985.
Collation:
xi, 270 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 30 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Ill. on lining papers.Bibliography: p. 259-264.
ISBN:
0195546040
Dewey class:
770.994770
Language:
English
BRN:
541
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