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IMAGE (1963. vol 12. issue 1.)
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ALVIN LANGDON COBURN PORTFOLIO. . . . 1
Announcement of the publication of the George Eastman House Monograph Number III: A Portfolio of Sixteen Photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn.
AN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. . . . 2
Announcement of an upcoming exhibition of contemporary photography done by a younger generation of photographers.
THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBITION. . . . 2
Eastman House exhibition featuring the work of Jack Stuler, Carl Chiarenza, and George Krause. Includes artist’s bios and statements.
FINE PHOTOGRAPHS. . . . 4
On the photographic lending company, Fine Photographs, started by Richard Jaquish in Madison, Wisconsin.
SIXTEEN EARLY AMERICAN FILMS. . . . 4
Revised Edison film catalog by Gordon Hendricks available on microfilm.
BOOKS RECEIVED. . . . 4
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 4
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 12 Number : 1 Date : 1963
IMAGE (1960. vol 9. issue 1.)
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH, ARTHUR W. FUCHS: MODERN RADIOGRAPH OF HAND
EDITORIAL. . . . 2
On the desire for radiography related materials in the George Eastman House collection.
RADIOGRAPHY OF 1896 BY ARTHUR W. FUCHS. . . . 4
On the invention of the X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen, and early developments by Edison, Carbutt, and Pupin. Early public reactions to the process, and the development of radiography as a valuable investigative tool in the fields of medicine, the sciences, and industry.
DAGUERREOTYPE MANUAL. . . . 18
A reprint in facsimile of a rare, sixteen-page pamphlet, Description of the Daguerreotype Process, the earliest publication in America on photography. Includes an appendix describing how to make a portrait using a meniscus lens and a well-suited studio.
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN GERMANY
BY HELMUT AND ALISON GERNSHEIM. . . . 38
On the first German photographs by pioneers Carl August von Steinheil and Franz von Kobell.
NOTES ON ""DEEP FIELD"" LENSES
BY RUDOLF KINGSLAKE. . . . 44
Discusses different approaches and lenses designed to increase depth of field.
BOOK REVIEWS. . . . 46
SOMEDAY SOMEWHERE, by Yasuhiro Ishimoto. Japan, Geibi Shuppansha. Imported by Charles E. Tuttle & Co, 1959. 164 pages, 2 foldouts. 183 reproductions, 7 in color. $12.50.
THIS IS THE AMERICAN EARTH by Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall; San Francisco, The Sierra Club, 1960; 89 pages, 82 photographs; $15.00.
TV AND FILM PRODUCTION DATA BOOK, by Ernest M. Pittaro. New York, Morgan and Morgan Inc., 1959. 448 pp. 132 illustrations. $6.95.
THE MARCH OF PHOTOGRAPHY, by Prof. Dr. Erich Stenger. London and New York, Focal Press, 1958. 304 pp. £2.2.0.
PICTURE SOURCES. Helen Faye, Editor. New York, Special Libraries Association, 1959. 115 pp., $3.00.
GUIDE TO THE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OF PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, compiled by Paul Vanderbilt. Washington, D. C, Reference Department, The Library of Congress, 1955. 200 pp.
VICTORIA R. A Biography With Four Hundred Illustrations Based on Her Personal Photograph Albums. By Helmut and Alison Gernsheim, 307 pp. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. $10.
KUNSTLERISCHE FOTOGRAFIE IN DRESDEN VON DEN ANFANGEN BIS IN
UNSERE ZEIT. Katalog und Bildauswahl Heinrich L. Nickel. Halle: Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg, 1959. 58 pages, 36 illustrations.
QUARTERLY NOTES. . . . 55
YOUSUF KARSH EXHIBITION
THE VANISHING WORLD: EGYPT
HAROLD E. EDGERTON EXHIBITION
FIRST GARBO FILMS
MEMBERSHIP RATES
AMERICA'S MANY FACES
STAFF ACTIVITIES
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Author : Lyons, Nathan, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 9 Number : 1 Date : March, 1960
IMAGE (1956. vol 5. issue 3.)
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Influences of the Danish Film
by James Card. . . 51
On the sophistication of early Danish films and their possible influence on American filmmakers Thomas H. Ince and D. W. Griffith.
The Globe Lens Principle
by Rudolf Kingslake . . 58
Discussion of the globe lens principle for devising wide-angle lenses, beginning with Thomas Sutton’s “panoramic” lens of 1859 that covered nearly 120°.
The Films of William S. Hart
by James Card and George Pratt. . . 60
Index to the films of William S. Hart from 1914-1925.
Problem of the Movie Still. . .64
Brief essay on the difficulties of producing film stills that adequately represent the story and mood of a film.
Index to Eastman House Resources. . . 66
Descriptions of important material in the collection with illustrations of the most typical and outstanding items. This issue features Daguerre artifacts including letters, sketches, drawings, lithographs, and a daguerreotype of Daguerre.
Book Reviews. . . 68
THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY by Helmut Gernsheim in collaboration with Alison Gernsheim. London, Oxford University Press, 1955. 395 pp., 359 illust. $16.50.
-Beaumont Newhall
THE HUMAN FIGURE IN MOTION by Eadweard Muybridge. New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 1955. 215 pp. 195 illust. $10.00.
-Gerda Peterich
Circulating Exhibits . . . 70
Index to eight traveling exhibits for 1956.
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Author : White, Minor, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 5 Number : 3 Date : March, 1956
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 2.)
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HELMAR LERSKI. . . .5
Brief biography of portraitist Helmar Lerski upon acquiring a collection of his photographs.
BOOK REVIEWS. . . . 6
The Japanese Film. Art and Industry. By Joseph L. Anderson and Donald Richie. With a foreword by Akira Kurosawa. Charles E. Tuttle. Tokyo, 1959. 456 pages. 144 illustrations.
Kino. A History of the Russian and Soviet Film. By Jay Leyda. MacMillan. New York, 1960. 493 pages, 32 pages of illustrations.
One Hundred Years of Photography in the North. The Story of Newcastle upon Tyne Photographic Society. By J. Arnold Little. Privately Published, 1960. 44p. 17 illus.
ABSTRACTS. . . . 7
Some early applications of Photography to Science. H. and A. Gernsheim. Discovery, XX (Oct. 1959), 436-42.
A letter by Joseph Bancroft Reade, April 1869. A. T. Gill. Photographic Jour. CI (Jan. 1961), p. 19-13.
The First German Photographic Magazine and Its Editor. Rudolf Skopec. Fotografie (Leipzig), XIV (Oct. 1960), 370-72.
Ste. Therese Rediscovered Living. Paris Match, No. 610 (Dec. 17, 1960), 118-41
The Real Record of a Sneeze. Gordon Hendricks, Infinity, 1X, No. 10 (Dec. 1960), 8-9, 18.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 8
FREE MATINEE PROGRAMS. . . . 8
GREAT FILMS OF THE WORLD
BEAU GESTE 1926 U.S.A.
WHIRL OF PARIS 1927 France
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS 1928 U.S.A.
FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS 1912 Palestine and Egypt
THE OLD AND THE NEW (The General Line) 1929 Russia
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 2 Date : February, 1961
IMAGE (19. vol 2. issue 8.)
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 2 Number : 8 Date : November, 1953
IMAGE (1952. vol 1. issue 3.)
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1…The American Stereoscope by Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 1 Number : 3 Date : March, 1952