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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.

Table of 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.

Contributors:

Keller, Corey

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Graphische Sammlung Albertina

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

Photography — Scientific applications — History — 19th century — Exhibitions

Photography — Social aspects — History — 19th century — Exhibitions

1800-1899

Photography

Photography — Social aspects

Photography — Scientific applications

Genres:

Exhibition catalogs

History

General 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 (p. 208-209).

Physical Description:

215 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Call Numbers:

TR692 .B76 2008

ISBNs:

9780300142105
0300142102

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008024251

OCLC Numbers:

223872835