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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 (1976. vol 19. issue 3.)
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Mind Over Matter: Harold Lloyd Reminisces….1
An interview conducted by Pratt in 1958 with actor Lloyd provides details concerning his post-1928 sound films and his work during the silent era.
The Syntax of Reality: Photography's Transformation of Nineteenth-Century Wood-Engraving into an Art of Illusionism….9
Photography transformed wood-engraving into an extraordinary medium for reproduction but the invention of halftone photo-engraving rendered it obsolete; article from the symposium, “The Art History of Photography: Recent Investigations” held at George Eastman House in February 1975.
Minor White (1908-1976): The Significance of Formal Quality in his Photographs….20
Buerger believes White’s oblique depiction of pictorial space in his nature “abstracts” confounds the “realism” of the print defining a tension within the images and ultimately the viewer, defining a new formal achievement.
Frederic Eugene Ives, Forgotten Pioneer in Color Photography and the Halftone….33
Sketch of Ives’s career briefly explores the range of his involvement and experimentation with color photography and photomechanical printing.
Review….36
Landscape, Paul Caponigro. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1975. 21 x 23cm, unpaged, 75 illustrations, $7.95.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….37
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Rayner, W. Paul, Guest Editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 19 Number : 3 Date : September, 1976
IMAGE (1983. vol 26. issue 2.)
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1….Frank A. Brownell: Mr. Eastman's Camera Maker
Review of Brownell and Eastman’s business relationship and Brownell’s contribution to the photographic industry in Rochester as the largest camera manufacturer in the world in 1902.
10….Stieglitz to Caponigro; An American Photographic Tradition
Accompanying the exhibition The Wise Silence: Photographs by Paul Caponigro, this essay discusses Caponigro’s vision as the confluence of three influential photographers; Edward Weston, Minor White, and Alfred Stieglitz.
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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 : 2 Date : June, 1983
IMAGE (1974. vol 17. issue 2.)
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Notes on Recent Industrial Developments in Southern California—Commentary and Portfolio....1
Article includes text selected by Lewis Baltz to accompany the group of images under discussion and a brief text by Jenkins that touches on Baltz’s photographic intentions.
Six Blocks Square—Commentary and Portfolio....10
Milton Rogovin discusses photographing a changing urban neighborhood in the context of his long-standing work documenting Buffalo’s African American community.
The Frenetic Mood of an Entertainment in Ferment....21
A lengthy, laudatory review of George C. Pratt’s Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film, a work that collects writings, reviews, records and other documents from the silent film era.
Exhibitions....26
Books Received....26
Films Received....26
European Photohistory Tour....27
Announcement of a George Eastman House sponsored group tour to visit major photographic collections in Europe.
Synoptic Catalog....28
The synoptic catalog is a selective survey of the photographic and allied resources of the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. Mario Giacomelli to Frederick Gutekunst.
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 : 17 Number : 2 Date : June, 1974
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 (1952. vol 1. issue 5.)
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1…The New Color Exhibition
Announcement of a permanent exhibition at the George Eastman House examining the principles and history of color photography including description of the gallery space, apparatus on display, and spectographic measurement of colors.
2…The Misadventures of L. L. Hill
A short history of Levi L. Hill, an American daguerreotypist who claimed to have produced a color daguerreotype. This claim remains unproven.
3…George Eastman’s Gelatino-bromide Plates by E.K. Hough from The Philadelphia Photographer, January, 1880.
Reprint of a short article citing the possible first reference to gelatin dry plates made by George Eastman.
3…Forgotten Pioneers III: Hippolyte Louis-Fizeau (1819-1896)
On the French physicist who developed a toning technique for daguerreotypes using gold, and who also succeeded in converting a daguerreotype into a printing plate for making reproductions in ink.
4…The Tragedy of “Faust”
Discussion of F.W. Murnau’s Faust (1926) examining the discrepancies of the various export prints and the challenges this presents in restoring a film.
4…Notes
Announcement of Aperture, the new photography magazine published by Minor White
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 1 Number : 5 Date : May, 1952