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IMAGE (1990–1991. vol 33. issue 3–4.)
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1….INTRODUCTION by James L. Enyeart
Enyeart announces a change in format of Image, restates it’s mission to show the
progress and history of the science and art of photography and film, and outlines some upcoming topics.
3….ARTISTS by James L. Enyeart
Enyeart reflects on the special nature of artists prompted in part by the current public scrutiny of artists and their works.
9….BETWEEN "FROM TODAY, PAINTING IS DEAD" AND "HOW THE SUN BECAME A PAINTER" A CLOSE LOOK AT REACTIONS TO PHOTOGRAPHY IN PARIS 1839-1853 by Martin Gasser
Gasser examines the writings of artists, critics and members of Parisian art and photographic institutions who participated in the debates surrounding photography’s status in the first years following its invention.
31….THE ART OF FREDERICK SOMMER PART I: RECENT WORK, ELECTIVE AFFINITIES PART II: MASTER OF THE COMBINATORY ARTS, A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW by Lanier Graham
In Part One the author and Sommer briefly comment on his series of collages titled Elective Affinities. Graham follows with a career sketch of this multi-talented artist.
53….ELECTIVE AFFINITIES: THE FREDERICK SOMMER EXHIBITION
Wall text and photographs of the installation of the Frederick Sommer exhibition at George Eastman House.
57….LANGUAGE OF LIGHT: MASTERWORKS FROM THE COLLECTION
Text announces a new permanent exhibition providing a representative display of the George Eastman House’s collections of photographs, films, rare books and photographic and film apparatus.
62….RECENT ACQUISITION
The Museum recently purchased three photographs by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata. It is part of a larger series devoted to large camera documentation of topographic subjects made by the photographer from 1987-1989.
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Author : Enyeart, James L., Editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 33 Number : 3–4 Date : Winter, 1990–1991
IMAGE (1983. vol 26. issue 4.)
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1….Saving the Image: The Deterioration of Nitrate Negatives by Michael Hager
Article describes procedures in printing and duplicating Nickolas Muray negatives in the George Eastman House Negative Archive. It also includes a short history of nitrate film and a list of the five stages of nitrate decomposition.
19….Film Preservation at George Eastman House by John B. Kuiper
Article includes information on nitrate film preservation efforts and storage at George Eastman House.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 26 Number : 4 Date : December, 1983
IMAGE (1981. vol 24. issue 1.)
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1….IMAGE and the next year
On the various goals and formats of Image throughout the years and the upcoming changes that this Eastman House publication will undergo.
3….Contemporary Photography at George Eastman House
Issue devoted to five contemporary photographers. Each portfolio includes a brief description of the artist’s work followed by several examples.
4….Jeffrey Wolin
8….Patricia White
12….Victor Schrager
16….Jack Sal
20….Olivia Parker
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 24 Number : 1 Date : September, 1981
IMAGE (1964. vol 12. issue 4.)
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MEMBERS' PUBLICATION: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 13
On the release of the revised edition of Beaumont Newhall’s History of Photography.
A SURVEY IN SLIDES OF THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 13
As a service to schools, universities and museums, the George Eastman House announces the publication of 250 slides illustrating the history of photography.
PHOTOGRAPHY 64. . . . 14
An exhibition of the work of twenty-five influential photographers who were nominated by the participants in last year's exhibition, Photography 63.
EASTMAN HOUSE EXHIBITION AT THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. . . . 15
Excerpt from a review of the photography exhibition on display at the Kodak Pavillion of the New York World’s Fair.
LEOPOLD MANNES, 1899-1934. . . . 15
Obituary for Leopold Mannes, co-inventor of the Kodachrome process of color photography.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 16
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 12 Number : 4 Date : October, 1964
IMAGE (1957. vol 6. issue 1.)
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Editorial . . . 3
Wanted: Historians of Photography
The Film Career of John Barrymore
A friend of the Barrymore family reviews this actor's work for the movies.
by Spencer M. Berger . . . . 4
On the dualistic character of actor John Barrymore. Discusses his move from stage to screen acting, his transition from silent to sound films, and the wide range of roles he adeptly played.
The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography
A much needed and long awaited encyclopedia has been published . . . 12
Review praising the scope and objectivity of this photography encyclopedia published by the Focal Press of London.
Instruments for Measuring Exposure
The first of a series of articles on exposure devices: Tables and Calculators
by Eugene P. Wightman and Beaumont Newhall . . . .13
First in a series of articles on exposure tables, calculators, meters, and devices based on the Joseph Bing collection housed at the George Eastman House. Exposure tables were created with the advent of photography but a real need to calculate exposures came with the invention of the gelatin dry plate. Exposure tables and calculators are covered in this issue.
Index to George Eastman House Resources . . . 18
Daguerreotype equipment, continued.
Descriptions of important material in the collection with illustrations of the most typical and outstanding items. Examples of five daguerreotype cameras and a lithograph trade card depicting one.
Pictures from the Collection . . . 20
""Rules of This Tavern"" by Arthur Rothstein
Brief essay on the work of FSA photographer Arthur Rothstein with a focus on his photograph, Smuggler’s Notch, Vermont, 1937.
Book Reviews . . . 22
The Story of the Camera in Australia; The Idea of Louis Sullivan; Before Barbed Wire.
THE STORY OF THE CAMERA IN AUSTRALIA by Jack Cato. Melbourne, Georgian House, 1955. 187 pp, 193 illust. approx. $20.00.
–Minor White
BEFORE BARBED WIRE by Mark H. Brown and W. R. Felton. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1956. 254 pp. 124 illust. $10.00.
–M. Blick
THE IDEA OF LOUIS SULLIVAN by John Szarkowski. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 1956. 163 pp, 93 illust., $10.00.
–Minor White
On Photography; a Source Book of Photo History in Facsimile, has just been published by Century House, Watkins Glen, N. Y. Edited by Beaumont Newhall.
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Author : White, Minor, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 6 Number : 1 Date : January, 1957
IMAGE (1958. vol 7. issue 8.)
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Ambrotype
The short and unsuccessful career of the process which was used to produce portraits which resembled daguerreotypes.
by Beaumont Newhall. . . .171
On the history of the ambrotype, a wet-plate collodion negative that appears as a positive when mounted against a black background. Ambrotypes, unique images mounted in cases, supplanted daguerreotypes in the 1850s.
From What Strange Source
A contemporary account of how motion pictures were made in 1903. . . .178
A reporter in 1903 spends the day listening to “picture actors” at the Edison Manufacturing Company reminisce about their motion picture stunts and pitfalls.
John Smith
Little is known about Professor John Smith the man, but his photographs represent some of the earliest taken in Australia.
by David S. Macmillan and Keast Burke. . . .185
On the collection of over three hundred wet-plate negatives made by Scotsman John Smith after he had immigrated to Australia to take a teaching post at the University of Sydney in 1852.
Index to the Motion Picture Collection
Stella Maris, Shifting Sands, Sunnyside. . . .189
The Steinheil Antiplanet Lenses
During the 25 years following the introduction of the Aplanat, the Steinheils were actively engaged in attempts to improve it, although without much success.
by Rudolf Kingslake. . . .190
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Author : Newhall, Beaumont, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 7 Number : 8 Date : October, 1958
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 3.)
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THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 9
Description of a permanent exhibition of over 200 masterpieces of photography from 1839 to the present, selected from the Eastman House collections by Nancy Newhall.
THE JACK-RABBITS OF THE MOVIE BUSINESS. . . .10
On the prolific and profitable nickelodeon theatres of the early 1900s.
AMERICA'S FIRST NEWS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . . 11
A Philadelphia press report on Daguerre’s new process that predates Samuel Morse’s published letter, long believed to be the first announcement of photography in America.
ABSTRACTS. . . . 11
The Development of Scientific Photography in Pre-Revolutionary and Soviet Russia. K. V. Chibisov. Photographic Journal, CI (May, 1961) 129-48. Illus.
The History of Color Photography. I—The Gay Nineties. R. C. Smith. Photography (London), XVI (May, 1961), 20-31.
SILENT STAR PARADE. . . .12
CHAPLIN REVUE: The Idle Class, Easy Street and other Chaplin films.
ROBIN HOOD
DANCING MOTHERS
ON THE NIGHT STAGE
THE LAST COMMAND
LOVE
THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN
SHOOTING STARS
THE NAVIGATOR
STELLA MARIS
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . .12
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 3 Date : 1961
IMAGE (1955. vol 4. issue 5.)
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33…PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE JOHNSTON ALBUM
Short text on the Johnston collection given to the George Eastman House by G. C. Monkhouse. The collection comprises 176 original photographs in excellent preservation taken by leading photographers of the time.
36…[19TH CENTURY ADVERTISEMENTS]
Two pages of advertisements for 19th century photographic supplies.
38…BOOK REVIEWS
JAPAN, by Werner Bischof. Zurich, Conzett & Huber; New York, Simon & Schuster, 1954. 150 pp. Illus., some in color. $10.00.
THE WORLD OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER. Erica Anderson, photography; Eugene Exman, text and captions; Barbara Morgan, picture editing and book design. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1955. 145 pp. 170 illus. $5.00.
38…[NEW YORK IN 1860]
Reproduction of a photograph of Broadway by H.T. Anthony.
40…ARNE SUCKSDORFF
Outline of Sucksdorff’s cinematic career focusing on his film The Great Adventure.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 4 Number : 5 Date : May, 1955
IMAGE (1958. vol 7. issue 1.)
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Editorial 4
The Late Erich Stenger
Tribute to the photography historian and collector Erich Stenger (German, 1878-1957).
Photography—Youngest of the Arts
A study of the Interrelation of photography and the arts
by Howard Dearstyne. . . .5
Essay on defining art and how photography can fall within this definition.
Actinometers
Second in a series on instruments for measuring light
by E. P. Wightman and B. Newhall. . . .12
Article discusses the evolution of chemical and silver halide actinometers.
Index to the Motion Picture Study Collection. . . .17
The Coward’s Atonement (1913), The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913), and Atlantis (1913).
Picture From The Collection . . . .18
The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz
Stieglitz recounts the taking of his photograph The Steerage.
Index to George Eastman House Resources. . . .20
William Henry Fox Talbot
Descriptions of important material in the collection with illustrations of the most typical and outstanding items. Replicas of four box cameras used by Talbot.
Book Reviews. . . .22
AIR SPY; THE STORY OF PHOTO INTELLIGENCE IN WORLD WAR II by Constance Babington-Smith. New York, Harper & Brothers, 1957. 266 pp. Illust. $4.00.
--B. N.
ENCYCLOPEDIE PRISMA DE LA COULEUR PHOTO CINEMA. Paris, Les Editions Prisma, 1957. 250 pages, Illust.
Reviewed by W. T. Hanson, Jr., Kodak Research Laboratories.
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Author : Newhall, Beaumont, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 7 Number : 1 Date : January, 1958
IMAGE (1958. vol 7. issue 10.)
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Editorial
Image 1959. . . .219
Announcement of new enlarged format for IMAGE in 1959, to be published quarterly.
Nineteenth Century Architectural Photographs
This article is based on an exhibition of original prints in the George Eastman House Collection, opened on August 18, 1958, on the occasion of the visit of the Society of Architectural Historians.
by Gerda Peterich. . . .220
Article on the many European photographers who documented architecture throughout the world in the 1850s and 1860s. Discusses the different photographic processes, aesthetics, and methods of reproduction.
Coleman Sellers
Reflections by his grandson on the life of ""the most energetic amateur of his day.""
by Charles Coleman Sellers . . . . 233
On amateur photographer Coleman Sellers, who learned photography in 1858 in order to obtain better promotional images of machine tools. In 1861 he invented the kinematoscope, a device to show the machinery in three dimensions and in motion.
Index to the Motion Picture Collection
WAY DOWN EAST. . . .236
Book Review
ONCE UPON A CITY
by Grace M. Mayer. . . .237
ONCE UPON A CITY; NEW YORK FROM 1890 TO 1910, as photographed by Byron and described by Grace M. Mayer. With a foreword by Edward Steichen. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1958. xiii, 511 pp. 224 illust. $15.00
Index to Volume Seven. . . .239
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Author : Newhall, Beaumont, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 7 Number : 10 Date : December, 1958