Reasoned and unreasoned images
Subtitle: the photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey
By: Josh Ellenbogen
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780271052595
Subjects: Photographers; History; Photography; Scientific applications; Biography; Photographic criticism
Description: "Examines three projects in late nineteenth-century scientific photography: the endeavors of Alphonse Bertillon, Francis Galton, and Etienne-Jules Marey. Develops new theoretical perspectives on the history of photographic technology, as well as the history of scientific imaging more generally"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.