Brought to light : photography and the invisible, 1840-1900 / edited by Corey Keller ; with essays by Jennifer Tucker, Tom Gunning, Maren Gröning.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Keller, Corey.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Graphische Sammlung Albertina

John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Scientific applications--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Photography.

Photography--Social aspects--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Photography--Social aspects.

History.

Photography--Scientific applications.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; New Haven : In association with Yale University Press, [2008]

Summary:

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Explores nineteenth-century photography's impact on science and popular culture. Includes reproductions of nearly 200 vintage photographs and scholarly essays by exhibition curator Corey Keller, cultural historian Jennifer Tucker, and film historian Tom Gunning" --Provided by Publisher.

Contents:

Sight unseen: picturing the invisible / Corey Keller

The social photographic eye / Jennifer Tucker

Invisible worlds, visible media / Tom Gunning

"Almost a game of chance": Josef Maria Eder and scientific photography / Maren Gröning.

Notes:

Exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 11, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009 and at the Albertina Vienna, Mar. 20, 2009-June 6, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-209) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780300142105

0300142102

OCLC:

223872835

Publisher Number:

99937294544

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