The Photography of Victorian Scotland - Rilegato

Simpson, Roddy

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0748654615 ISBN 13: 9780748654611

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2012

Riassunto

This is the first book to provide a full and coherent introduction to the photography of Victorian Scotland. There are many books which deal with particular elements and individual photographers, which show the interest in the subject, but no book draws everything together to provide an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of photography and the inter-relationship with other activities in the society of the time. This authoritative introduction, building upon these other publications, will provide a wide-ranging appreciation of early Scottish photography and in particular that Scottish photography was in the vanguard of many international trends. The material has been structured and the topics organised, with appropriate illustrations, as both a readable narrative and a foundation text for the subject.
Key Features
Draws together a coherent narrative of the many different aspects of photography in Victorian Scotland
Shows how photography was related to, and was influenced by, the society and culture of the time
Highlights how Scotland and Scots were in the forefront of photography in Victorian times
Uses the most apt illustrations to emphasise the quality of the image-making
Includes 130 illustrations

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Informazioni sugli autori

Roderick Simpson is a photographer, writer, researcher and lecturer who specialises in early Scottish photography. He is a tutor of Scottish Victorian Photography at the University of Edinburgh Open Studies and a freelance photography researcher for the University of Glasgow Library. He has published articles in 'Studies in Photography' (SSHoP) and 'History of Photography' (a Routledge journal) and is a contributor to the Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography (Routledge 2008).

Roddy Simpson is Tutor of Scottish Victorian Photography at the University of Edinburgh

Dalla quarta di copertina

This is the first book to provide a full and coherent introduction to the photography of Victorian Scotland. There are many books which deal with particular elements and individual photographers, which show the interest in the subject, but no book draws everything together to provide an understanding of the multi-faceted nature of photography and its integral connection with the innovative and often adventurous society of the time.This authoritative introduction provides a wide-ranging appreciation of early Scottish photography and argues that Scottish photography was in the vanguard of many international trends artistically and technically as it moved from the complex early technology of the specialist to the mass-market.Comprehensively illustrated with photography from the period, this is the most definitive and integrated appraisal of the quality, diversity and impact of photography in Victorian Scotland.Roddy Simpson is a photographer and writer and a tutor on early Scottish photography at the University of Edinburgh. He is a respected historian of Scottish photography and contributes regularly to academic and popular publications.Front cover: Queensferry Columns, Looking Through Bridge, Evelyn Carey, 1887. Back cover: The Pastor's Visit, David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson 1845. Both © The University of Glasgow Library, Department of Special Collections.Cover design:[EUP logo]www.euppublishing.com

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0748654615
• ISBN 13: 9780748654611
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 209
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile