IMAGE (1952. vol 1. issue 7.)
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"1…The Victor Hugo Album
Account of a collection of photographs made between 1852-1854 of Victor Hugo and his family and friends during exile on the Isle of Jersey, taken by his son Charles and Auguste Vacquerie.
2…Rogue’s Gallery
History of the beginning of police photography, detailing the Bertillon system of rules for making and incorporating police photographs into a criminal file, found in Alphonse Bertillon’s treatise La Photographie Judiciare (Paris, 1890).
3…Photographing the Vocal Cords by T. Anthony Caruso
On laryngeal photography; a description of photographs taken by George Bradford Brainerd and Thomas R. French. Describes the equipment they devised to overcome the obstacles presented by the photographic apparatus of the time.
3…Hong-Kong Photographers by J.R. from The British Journal of Photography
Reprint from The Photographer’s Friend, 1873 journalistic essay describing the studio and methods of a Chinese portrait photographer, A-hung, in Hong-Kong.
4…Collecting Old Films
Article stressing the importance of motion picture archives and the need for a collective effort to preserve film history. Cites the dedication of Iris Barry and the Museum of Modern Art’s Film Library and the Henry Strong Collection of Historical Motion Pictures at the George Eastman House.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 1 Number : 7 Date : October, 1952