Illuminating shadows
Subtitle: the calotype in nineteenth-century America
By: by David R. Hanlon
Contributors: Epstean Collection of Books on Photography and Its Applications in the Graphic Arts (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Carl Mautz Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nevada City, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Calotype; History; Photography
Other titles: Calotype in nineteenth-century America
Notes: Cloth edition limited to 770 copies; collector's edition limited to 25 copies plus 5 artist's proofs.

Cover design by Michael Swoboda.

Rare Book copy: Cloth edition.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index.
Table of contents: title: Capturing light on paper : the earliest experiments; title: Images retained : the introduction of photogenic drawing; title: Further development : the proposal and practice of the calotype in America; title: Seeking a market : the gambit of Edward Anthony and the Langenheim brothers; title: Views in North America : promoting images on paper; title: Instrument of the age : studies in the modern city; title: Records of exploration : souvenirs and studies; title: Moving west : to California and the Pacific; title: A sophisticated alternative : the triumph of paper images; title: Focus on artistry : photographic societies and the amateur.