Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually…
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Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually…
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Adolphe Braun (1812-1877) was a European photographer, best known for his floral still lifes, Parisian street scenes, and grand Alpine landscapes. One of the most influential photographers of the 19th…
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Revanchism is the political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war or social movement. Extreme revanchist ideologues often represent a hawkish…
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Louis Blanc (1811-1882) was a French politician and historian. A socialist that favored reforms, he called for the creation of procedure cooperatives in order to guarantee employment for the city…
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Naturselbstdruck or Nature printing is a printing process, developed in the 18th century that uses the plants, animals, rocks and other natural subjects to produce an image. The subject undergoes…
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Following Legray, Bisson and Disdéri, Nadar bring up his studio at 35, boulevard des Capucines in 1860.…
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The salt paper print represent the portrait of a young man in a dark coat, his feet have been cropped. The print presents some foxing. A wet stamp precise: «Gustave…
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Camera Lucida reinvented The camera lucida was patented in 1807 by William Hyde Wollaston «to facilitate accurate sketching of objects». It consists of a […]…
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Villa Medicis appears slowly as an influencial place for the early days of Photography, since the experiment of Girault de Prangey in May 1842 till the Golden Age of the…