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IMAGE (1978. vol 21. issue 2.)
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Willard Van Dyke: A Portfolio….1
A brief biographical text precedes twelve images by filmmmaker and photographer Willard Van Dyke. A founding member of Group f/64, Van Dyke was influenced by Weston, Adams, Lange, and Lange’s husband Paul Taylor. Article mentions the transition in his photography, between 1929-37, from formal concerns to social documentary images.
Editorial: The Preservation of America's Film Heritage….15
Brief statement argues the importance of preserving our film heritage and describes the enormity of the task.
Degas' Solarized and Negative Photographs: A Look at Unorthodox Classicism….17
Author examines the relationship between Degas’ photography and his drawing and painting, commenting on the photographic qualities in his artwork with specific reference to three solarized negatives of a dancer possibly dating from the 1870s, which were the basis for a series of over 100 drawings and pastels made around 1897.
Conservation Treatment for Photographs: A Review of Some of the Problems, Literature and Practices….24
Article analyzes treatment methods for removing tarnish from daguerreotypes and identifies these methods as experimental procedures. Discusses the preservation attributes of original housing methods and illustrates the museum’s procedures for recasing uncased daguerreotypes.
Exhibitions and Events at the Museum June 1 — August 31….32
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 21 Number : 2 Date : June, 1978
IMAGE (1975. vol 18. issue 1.)
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Nancy Newhall (1908-1974)….1
Short summary of the highlights of the late Nancy Newhall’s career as a writer, scholar, curator, and photographer. Includes a bibliography of her writings.
Dallett Fuguet….6
Extensive review of the writings and images of critic and photographer Fuguet, long time Stieglitz associate, writer and editor for both Camera Notes and Camera Work, and founding member of the Photo-Secession. Includes a bibliography of his writings.
Trial Balloons: The Chamber Mystery….18
Analysis of the use of unusual caption balloons to present dialogue in the silent film The Chamber Mystery. Author compares the technical and aesthetic problems these dialogue balloons created with similar problems faced by early sound films.
The Blonde Telegrapher: Blanche Sweet….21
Biographical information on Blanche Sweet who, like most early film actors, began her career on stage. She worked for the Biograph Company and starred in D.W. Griffith’s seminal film The Lonedale Operator.
A Selected List of Current Film Periodicals in English….26
Synoptic Catalog….26
The synoptic catalog is a selective survey of the photographic and allied resources of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Huard to Keely.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 18 Number : 1 Date : March, 1975
IMAGE (1982. vol 25. issue 3–4.)
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1….A Thirtieth Anniversary Celebration by Robert A. Mayer
Double issue celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of Image features reprints of articles concerning museum collections and photographic, technological, and film history.
2….The First Decade by Beaumont Newhall
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the George Eastman House, Newhall recounts the ways in which the museum has fulfilled the purposes set forth in the original charter.
Reprinted from Vol. 8, No.1, March 1959.
4….Pictures From The Collection: Eastman Meets Nadar
A studio portrait of George Eastman by Nadar and a snapshot of Nadar by Eastman, both taken during his visit to Paris in 1890. Reprinted from Vol. 7, No. 7, Sept. 1958.
5….Weston Daybooks Published by Eastman House
Announcement of the publication of The Daybooks of Edward Weston; Vol. 1: Mexico.
The Daybooks record Weston’s search for an understanding of photography and elucidate the development of his new approach. Reprinted from Vol. 11, No.1, 1962.
6….The Museum's Collections by Van Deren Coke
Article highlights the growth and development of the George Eastman House’s collections of photographs, photographic apparatus, and films. Reprinted from Vol. 14, No. 5/6, Dec. 1971.
9….Lyrical & Accurate by Minor White
Essay on the qualities of straight photography. White describes tangible and intangible characteristics that define pure photography. Reprinted from Vol. 5, No. 8, October 1956
16….Color Photography: A Creative Medium by Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams on photography as an art form and the failure of color photography to fulfill his concepts of the objectives of art. Reprinted from Vol. 6, No. 9, Nov. 1957.
18….""Talent"" by Thomas F. Barrow
Discussion concerning one of Cameron’s first photographic albums, originally presented to G. F. Watts and acquired by George Eastman House. Reprinted from Vol. 14, No. 5/6 Dec. 1971.
20….Some Thoughts on 60's Continuum by William Jenkins
Text describes selection process for the exhibition 60’s Continuum and includes brief comments on many of the twenty-nine featured photographers. Reprinted from Vol. 15, No. 1, March 1972.
23….The George K. Spoor Collection by James Card
History of the Spoor Collection housed in the George Eastman House. Discusses the founding of the Essanay Studio in Chicago, Spoor’s relationship to Bell & Howell, and the birth and death of the Spoor-Berggren Natural Vision System which used 65mm film.
Reprinted from Vol. 5, No. 8, September 1956.
25….""The Oneness of All Ages"" by George C. Pratt
Comparison drawn between D. W. Griffith’s film Intolerance and James Joyce’s novel Ulysses. Joyce in Switzerland, Griffith in California, were each to state within a chosen medium their preoccupations with time. Reprinted from Vol. 15, No. 4, Dec. 1972.
28….The Palm Trees Were Gently Swaying: German Refugees From Hitler in Hollywood by Jan-Christopher Horak
Horak discusses the Austro-German refugees who had a profound effect and influence on Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. Reprinted from Vol. 23, No. 1, June 1980.
38….Optics Design in Photography by Rudolph Kingslake
A collection of articles from various issues that form a concise chronological history of optics design.
38….The Camera Lucida
On Wollaston’s camera lucida, a drawing aid that used a four-sided prism to reflect an object onto a piece of paper to be traced. Introduced in 1807, it was not a camera but it served a similar purpose as is evidenced by an excerpt from Capt. Hall. Reprinted from Vol. 6, No. 8, Oct. 1957.
39….First Daguerreotype Lenses
Follows the development of daguerreotype lenses up to 1841. Reprinted from Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1953.
40….Charles Chevalier And The ""Photographe A Verres Combines""
On Charles Chevalier, the optician Daguerre enlisted to make lenses for his cameras. Reprinted from Vol. 10, No. 5, 1961.
42….Petzval's Lens And Camera
A short synopsis of Joseph Petzval’s professional life and his development of a wide-aperture portrait lens. This is the third article in a series on the history of the photographic lens. Reprinted from Vol. 2, No. 9, December 1953.
43…The Orthoscopic Lens
Brief history of Voigtländer’s lens produced according to a Petzval design of 1839; including a description of two lenses housed in the George Eastman House. Reprinted from Vol. 4, No. 1, January 1955.
44….Early Landscape Lenses
Analysis and description of several landscape lenses including; Wollaston, Grubb’s Aplanatic, Dallmeyer’s Rapid Landscape Lens, and Dallmeyer’s Rectilinear Landscape Lens. Reprinted from Vol. 4, No. 3, March 1955.
45….The Globe Lens Principle
Discussion of the globe lens principle for devising wide-angle lenses, beginning with Thomas Sutton’s “panoramic” lens of 1859 that covered nearly 120°. Reprinted from Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1956.
47….The ""Aplanat"" And The ""Rapid Rectilinear"" Lenses Of 1866
On the simultaneous discovery by Steinheil in Germany and Dallmeyer in England of two nearly identical lenses. Includes a partial list of Aplanat type lenses and their manufacturers. Reprinted from Vol. 6, No. 3, March 1957.
49….The Development Of The Telephoto Lens
History of the telephoto lens. Reprinted from Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1953.
50….The First Anastigmat Lens
Defines anastigmatism of a lens and the use of crown glass of high refractive index to correct it. This corrective lens was called an “Anastigmat.” Reprinted from Vol. 7, No. 7, September 1958.
52….The Ernostar Lens
Article details the design of the H. Ernemann Company’s Ernostar lens and the designer, Ludwig Jakob Bertele who subsequently worked for Zeiss-Ikon when it absorbed the Ernemann Company. Reprinted from Vol. 20, No. 1, March 1977.
53….Notes On ""Deep-Field"" Lenses
Discusses different approaches and lenses designed to increase depth of field. Reprinted from Vol. 9, No. 1, March 1960.
54….Anamorphic Lenses
Description and history of anamorphic lenses from the use of two Brewster’s prisms as “an instrument or toy” patented in 1889 to the use of anamorphic compression in motion pictures culminating in CinemaScope in 1952. Reprinted from Vol. 5, No. 9, November 1956.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 25 Number : 3–4 Date : September–December, 1982
IMAGE (1973. vol 16. issue 1.)
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Some Criteria for Establishing an Archive….1
Author discusses the importance of preserving, organizing, and evaluating photographic collections—they serve as invaluable historical resources.
Alexander Hesler: Chicago Photographer….7
Hesler is best known for his daguerreotype portraits and his photographs of Abraham Lincoln, yet his career spans almost the entire history of 19th century American photography, encompassing most major aspects of the medium.
Ms.: Portraits of Women by Judy Dater and Jack Welpott….11
Text includes explanatory letter by the artists and Sobieszek’s description of their joint female portraiture project.
The First War Photographic Reportage....13
Description of Carol Popp de Szathmari’s photographs of the Crimean War that were compiled into a number of albums, none of which survived.
""If You Beat Me, I Wept"": Alice Terry Reminisces About Silent Films....17
Excerpts from a taped interview with actress Alice Terry and veteran cameraman John Seitz conducted by Pratt in 1958. Both Seitz and Terry worked on many of her husband Rex Ingram’s films.
British Masters of the Albumen Print....23
Brief description of exhibition prepared by Robert Sobieszek of 200 albumen prints from the Eastman House collection dating from 1850 to 1880.
New Film Holder of M. Perron, 1887....24
Information concerning the film holder called the Appareil Perron manufactured by Charles Marillier and Company in Paris. This unique device was a roll holder that used sheet film.
Deja Vu/Ralph Gibson....25
A short list of photography books published by Ralph Gibson’s company, Lustrum Press.
Review: ""Images of Man""....25
Review of a filmstrip and cassette package for use in high schools produced by Scholastic Magazine in cooperation with the International Fund for Concerned Photography. Features the work and commentary of Dan McCullin, W. Eugene Smith, Bruce Davidson, and Cornell Capa.
Books Received; Films Received....26
Synoptic Catalog....28
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Charles Eisenmann to Robert Fichter.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 16 Number : 1 Date : March, 1973
IMAGE (1971. vol 14. issue 2.)
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Editorial….1
On the status of photography in the art market.
Photo/Graphics….2
Article discusses printmakers’ increasing utilization of photography in their work and the new aesthetic possibilities this working method offers.
Messrs. James Valentine and Sons, Dundee….6
Description of important commercial photography business founded in Scotland by James Valentine in 1880. Discusses the pictorial aspect of the firm’s work in relation to its time and place in history.
A Talk with Harold Lloyd (1893-1971)….9
Newhall’s recollection of Lloyd’s visit to the George Eastman House in 1965 to introduce a series of screenings of his films. During his visit Lloyd discussed his approach to filmmaking, citing specific films and incidents.
George Eastman House Winter Symposium: Transitions and Translations of Photographic Response….10
Speakers at the symposium included A. D. Coleman, Minor White, William Parker, and Robert Fichter.
Figure In Landscape….11
Overview of the Eastman House photography exhibition that examines aspects of the presence of people in the landscape over the past one hundred and twenty-five years.
Proverbial Photographic Philosophy by J. Thomson, F.R.G.S. ….12
Facsimile of an article published in The British Journal Photographic Almanac and Photographers Daily Companion in 1875.
Work In Progress….14
Announcement of Eaton S. Lothrop’s work on A Century of Cameras. Includes several examples of cameras to be included in the forthcoming book.
Synoptic Catalogue (continued)….17
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Edouard-Denis Baldus to William Abraham Bell.
Recent Portfolios….19
On the publication of portfolios by Lee Friedlander, Les Krims, and Ansel Adams.
Foreign Photographic Periodicals….19
Traveling Exhibitions….21
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Author : Coke, F. Van Deren , ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the George Eastman House Volume : 14 Number : 2 Date : March, 1971
IMAGE (1962. vol 11. issue 2.)
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"THE MEES GALLERY OF THE SCIENCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY. . . .5
On the opening of the Mees Gallery, a new permanent exhibition at the George Eastman House of the science and technology of photography. It is a teaching exhibition designed to show how photography works and why.
CAMERAS
OPTICAL PRINCIPLES; LENSES AND SHUTTERS
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS; SENSITOMETRY
COLOR AND HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH IT
THE FIRST REPRODUCTION OF A PHOTOGRAPH. . . . 7
The first facsimile of a photograph to be published appeared in a London magazine, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction on April 20, 1839.
COBURN EXHIBITION. . . . 8
Brief overview of an Alvin Langdon Coburn exhibition in Reading, England.
ARTICLES NOTED. . . . 8
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS. . . . 8
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 11 Number : 2 Date : 1962
IMAGE (1959. vol 8. issue 1.)
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH, ANSEL ADAMS: MONO LAKE, CALIFORNIA. 1947
EDITORIAL…2
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the George Eastman House, Newhall recounts the ways in which the museum has fulfilled the purposes set forth in the original charter.
TENTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION…5
Call for submissions for an exhibition of contemporary photography to be held at the George Eastman House in honor of its tenth anniversary.
SOME DEFINITIONS BY ANSEL ADAMS…6
Adams attempts to define the art and science of photography.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT BY DAGUERRE…32
Reproduction and translation of a broadside written by Daguerre announcing the daguerreotype.
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE ACQUISITIONS OF THE YEAR…37
In 1958 three hundred thirty-three titles were added to the George Eastman House film collection. Here is a list of some of the notable additions, including twelve Edison kinetoscope films.
BOOK REVIEWS…47
U. S. CAMERA 1959. Edited by Tom Maloney. U. S. Camera, New York, 1958. 305 pages. 292 illustrations. $8.95. Clothbound.
THE GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHIC ANNUAL 1959. Edited by Dr. Wolf Strache. Das Deutsche Lichtbild & American Photographic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1958. 85 pages of text. 126 pages of plates. $7.95. Clothbound.
1959 PHOTOGRAPHY ANNUAL. Edited by Bruce Downs and the editors of Popular Photography. Ziff-Davis, New York, 1958. 242 pages. 287 illustrations. $1.25. Paperbound.
PHOTOGRAPHY YEARBOOK 1959. Edited by Norman Hall and Basil Burton. Photography Magazine (Great Britain) Ltd. 1958. 236 pages. 224 illustrations. 30 shillings. Clothbound.
INTERNATIONAL PHOTOS. Edited by Joachim Giebelhausen. Verlag Grossbild-Technik 1958. 201 pages. 100 plates. $8.10. Clothbound.
PRAMIIERTE FOTOS. Edited by Helmut Grunwald. Fotokinoverlag Halle, East Germany, 1958. 108 pages. 81 illustrations. DM 7.80. Paperbound.
PICTURES OF INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN, 1958. Edited by Asahi Shimbun-sha. Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, 1958. 178 pages. 172 illustrations. Clothbound.
THE PICTURE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY, from the Earliest Beginnings to the Present Day by Peter Pollack. New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1958. 624 pp., 655 illustrations, 30 in color. $17.50.
THE WORLD IS YOUNG by Wayne Miller, New York: The Ridge Press; distributed by Pocket Books and Simon & Schuster; 192 pages, 289 photographs; $1.50 (soft cover) and $10.00 (hard cover).
AGEE ON FILM. Reviews and Comments by James Agee. McDowell Obolensky, New York, 1958. 432 pages. $6.00.
PROGRESS IN PHOTOGRAPHY 1955-1958, VOLUME THREE OF AN INTERNATIONAL RECORD, Edited by D. A. Spencer.
THE FOCAL PRESS, LONDON and New York 1958. 169 pages. 21 illustrations. 50 Shillings.
NEWS AND NOTES…55
Harmant, Pierre G., ""On recherche toujours Vinconnu de 1825 ..."", Kodeco, X, No. 7 (Oct. 1958), 18 - 20.
Infinity. VII, No. 10 (Dec. 1958).
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Author : Newhall, Beaumont, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 8 Number : 1 Date : March, 1959
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 6.)
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PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE SOUTHWEST-ADAM CLARK VROMAN. . . .21
Two reviews of a book on the photographer Adam Clark Vroman, a man who photographed Native Americans in the Southwest at the turn of the century.
BOOKS RECEIVED. . . .23
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES RECEIVED. . . .23
ARTICLES NOTED. . . .23
NOTES. . . .24
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 6 Date : 1961
IMAGE (1957. vol 6. issue 2.)
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Editorial . . . 27
The Unforgotten
On the immortality of filmmakers and actors through their films that are being preserved and screened by archives throughout the world.
Ansel Adams: Musician to Photographer
On coming to photography from another field.
by Minor White . . . 28
On the metamorphosis of a career musician to a career photographer, and how Adams’s background as a pianist informed his work as a photographer.
The Stereographs of Lincoln
A recent summation of the controversy on the subject.
by Fredrick S. Lightfoot . . . 36
Discussion of Lincoln’s cartes-de-visite issued as stereographs.
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
A Re-Review of a German film of 1931.
by James Card . . . 39
On the making and reception of this 1931 German motion picture. Card discusses the great potential of the film and the reasons that it failed.
Index to Motion Picture Study Collection . . . 43
Descriptions of significant material in this collection. Rip Van Winkle, L’Homme de Tête (Four Troublesome Heads), and The Burning Stable.
Index to George Eastman House Resources . . . 44
Daguerreotype equipment, continued
Descriptions of important material in the collection with illustrations of the most typical and outstanding items.
Book Reviews and Notices . . . 46
Photojournalism by Arthur Rothstein, Atget by Berenice Abbott
ATGET, a portfolio of 20 photographs printed by Berenice Abbott from Atget negatives in her collection. New York, 1956. $150.
–Minor White
PHOTOJOURNALISM, Pictures for Magazines and Newspapers, by Arthur Rothstein. New York American Photographic Book Publishing Co., 1956. 197 pages. Over 200 illustrations.
–Gerda Peterich
35mm PHOTOGRAPHY by Louis Stettner. New York, U. S. Camera Publishing Corp. 1956. 126pp, 64 illust. $2.50.
–Minor White
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Author : White, Minor, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 6 Number : 2 Date : February, 1957
IMAGE (1961. vol 10. issue 1.)
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MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM. . . . 1
On the change in format of IMAGE from an in-depth quarterly magazine to a monthly bulletin for members of the George Eastman House.
DR. C. E. KENNETH MEES. . . . 1
Obituary for the first President of the Board of Trustees of the George Eastman House. In 1912 George Eastman hired Mees, a scientist in the photographic industry, to organize and direct a research laboratory in Rochester.
CUNNINGHAM COLLECTION. . . . 2
Brief biography of Imogen Cunningham upon acquiring 75 of her photographs for the George Eastman House photography collection.
BOOK REVIEWS. . . . 3
Great Moments in News Photography from the Historical Files of the National Press Photographers Association. By John Faber. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1960. 127 p. 133 illus. $4.95.
DRYDEN THEATRE MATINEES. . . . 4
GREAT FILMS OF THE WORLD 1916-1923
HAMLET 1920 Germany
THE PHANTOM CHARIOT (Korkarlen) 1920 Sweden
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE 1921 U.S.A.
DRYDEN THEATRE TENTH ANNIVERSARY SERIES. . . . 4
HEART OF PARIS (Gribouille) 1937 France
THE FORGOTTEN ONES (Los Olvidados) 1951 Mexico
NOTES. . . . 4
McGHEE AND ELLINGSON ELECTED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES
THE PISTOLGRAPH
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
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Author : Title : IMAGE: THE BULLETIN OF THE GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY Volume : 10 Number : 1 Date : January, 1961