Looking at photographs : a guide to technical terms / Gordon Baldwin and Martin Jürgens.

By:

Baldwin, Gordon, 1939- [author]

Contributor(s):

Jürgens, Martin C [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Looking atPublication details: Los Angeles, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2009.Edition: Rev. edDescription: vii, 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

9780892369713 (pbk.)
089236971X (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Photography -- Terminology

DDC classification:

770.14

Summary: "What is a contact print? What is depth of field? What is the difference between a daguerreotype and a tintype? These terms - and more than one hundred others - are explained and illustrated in Looking at Photographs. This volume, first published in 1991, sets out and defines the vocabulary of photography from its earliest processes through the age of the analog camera; it has been updated to include the new age of digital photography. it is both a rich and informative glossary and a history of the medium, from the "albumen print" and "calotype" of the nineteenth century to today's "chromogenic print" and "giclee." This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Looking at Phoographs will be invaluable to all those wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of the art of photography." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	770.14 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010582		Vanderpool, Jeff

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index.

"What is a contact print? What is depth of field? What is the difference between a daguerreotype and a tintype? These terms - and more than one hundred others - are explained and illustrated in Looking at Photographs. This volume, first published in 1991, sets out and defines the vocabulary of photography from its earliest processes through the age of the analog camera; it has been updated to include the new age of digital photography. it is both a rich and informative glossary and a history of the medium, from the "albumen print" and "calotype" of the nineteenth century to today's "chromogenic print" and "giclee." This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Looking at Phoographs will be invaluable to all those wishing to increase their understanding and enjoyment of the art of photography." -- Publisher's description.