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IMAGE (1981. vol 24. issue 2.)
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1….George Eastman House—Its Technology Collections
Summary of the evolution of the Technology Collection since the museum’s inception in 1949. Discusses the most significant collections that were acquired over the years including those of J.M. Eder, Gabriel Cromer, Alden Scott Boyer, and Louis Walton Sibley.
4….Technology The Enabler
Outline and timetables of chemical, optical, and mechanical-electronic advances in photographic technologies.
10….Unusual Early Lenses in the George Eastman House Collection
Brief outline, history, and origin of early lenses from 1840 to 1910 with a focus on anomalous examples from the collection.
13….Color Cameras
Discussion of early color cameras designed to make three separate negatives through red, green, and blue filters. The two basic designs were the repeating back and the one-shot or single exposure cameras. The development of multi-layer color films that did not require a special camera to create a tri-color image eventually supplanted them.
18….The Camera Collector's Reference Library
Classification and outline of important reference materials for camera collectors.
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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 : 2 Date : December, 1981
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 (1984. vol 27. issue 1.)
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1….John Howe Kent by Joan Pedzich
Biography of the Rochester based nineteenth century studio photographer John Kent.
12….Letters From an Itinerant Daguerreotypist of Western New York by Grant B. Romer
On R. S. Patterson’s photographic career based on two letters housed at George Eastman House; includes reprint of letters.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 27 Number : 1 Date : March, 1984
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 (1961. vol 10. issue 5.)
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CHARLES CHEVALIER AND THE "PHOTOGRAPHS A VERRES
COMBINES". . . .17
On Charles Chevalier, the optician Daguerre enlisted to make lenses for his cameras.
DESCRIPTION OF LENSES. . . .19
SUMMARY OF LENSES. . . .19
Examples of these Chevalier lenses in the George Eastman House collection.
EASTMAN HOUSE IN PARIS. . . .20
On two joint exhibitions in Paris. Paintings and daguerreotypes by Daguerre at the Bibliothéque Nationale and an exhibit commemorating the centennial of George Méliès at the Louvre. This exhibition is the first instance in the history of the Louvre in which motion picture materials have been exhibited as works of art.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . .20
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 5 Date : 1961
IMAGE (1955. vol 4. issue 3.)
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17…[A DAGUERREOTYPE BY DAGUERRE]
Reproduction of a portrait in the George Eastman House collection signed by Daguerre of an unknown painter.
18…FIVE DAGUERREOTYPES BY DAGUERRE
By Beaumont Newhall
Discusses the rarity of a daguerreotype signed by Daguerre and the authentication of the one in the Eastman House collection. Includes reproductions and description of four photographs by Daguerre given to the Perpignan Museum by Dominique-Francois Arago in 1841.
21…EARLY LANDSCAPE LENSES
By RUDOLF KINGSLAKE
Analysis and description of several landscape lenses including; Wollaston, Grubb’s Aplanatic, Dallmeyer’s Rapid Landscape Lens, and Dallmeyer’s Rectilinear Landscape Lens.
22…AUSTRALIA'S HOLTERMANN COLLECTION OF WET PLATE NEGATIVES
On the discovery of the Holtermann collection; negatives made by Beaufoy Merlin and Charles Bayliss, commissioned by Holtermann to document the progress in New South Wales and Victoria. It comprises the most complete documentation of early gold mining in existence, far outnumbering the daguerreotypes that were taken of the California gold rush.
23…MOVIE MUSEUM ON WHEELS
Brief description of a traveling museum of motion picture apparatus and still photographs made possible through the cooperation of Loew’s Theaters and the George Eastman House.
23…IDENTIFICATION CORRECTIONS
24…THE SCREEN'S FIRST TRAGEDIENNE: ASTA NIELSEN
Tribute to Asta Nielson, an acclaimed actress who made her screen debut in Copenhagen in 1911.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 4 Number : 3 Date : March, 1955
IMAGE (1959. vol 8. issue 2.)
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH, FOX TALBOT: LACE, PHOTOGENIC DRAWING, 1843
EDITORIAL…58
Prophetic Pioneer
Introduction to William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the calotype.
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT…60
On Talbot’s invention of photography, from his early photogenic drawings to his calotype process, and the patent disputes he faced.
NOTES ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE PENCIL OF NATURE…75
THE PENCIL OF NATURE…77
Reproduction of Talbot’s photographically illustrated publication of 1844. His introduction details the experiments that led him to obtain successful photographic images.
INGMAR BERGMAN…106
Three films written and directed by Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman that are in the George Eastman House Collection: Ship of Dreams, Summer with Monika, and Sawdust and Tinsel.
BOOK REVIEWS…108
DER WEG DES FILMS; die Geschichte der Kinematographie und ihrer Vorlaufer, von Friedrich von Zglinicki. Berlin: Rembrandt-Verlag. 1956. 992 pp. 890 illus.
KNAURS BUCH VOM FILM by Rune Waldekranz and Verner Arpe. Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Th. Knaur Nachf. Munich. 1956. 543 pages, 600 illustrations D.M. 9.80.
PRINTING WITH VARIABLE CONTRAST PAPERS, by M. Richard Marx. San Francisco: Camera Craft Publishing Co., 1959. 96 pp. 86 illus. $1.95.
NEWS AND NOTES…111
HISTORY OF GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC INDUSTRY
INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS
APPRAISAL OF THE MARCH OF TIME
DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL
QUARTERLY NOTES…112
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Author : Lyons, Nathan, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 8 Number : 2 Date : June, 1959
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 (1962. vol 11. issue 6.)
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THE VALUE OF PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE ARTIST, 1839….25
On Delaroche’s prophecy that daguerreotypes would be of special value to engravers. Includes reprint of a Delaroche’s statement quoted by François Arago in his official report to the French Government.
LITHOGRAPHS….27
A list of publications illustrating the importance of daguerreotypes to lithography.
ALBUMS AND PORTFOLIOS…27
A list of publications illustrating the importance of daguerreotypes to lithography.
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS….28
A list of publications illustrating the importance of daguerreotypes to lithography.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 11 Number : 6 Date : 1962
IMAGE (1954. vol 3. issue 3.)
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 3 Number : 3 Date : March, 1954