The Purse of Fortunatus
Here is an interesting advertisement for a photography correspondence course. Disguised as a one-page article, it is from a British photographic annual, published during World War One: THE PURSE OF...
View ArticlePorcelain Printing (part 3 of 5)
From: THE PRACTICAL PRINTER A COMPLETE MANUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING By Charles W Hearn, 1874 PORCELAIN PRINTING PORCELAIN PRINTING-BOARDS For the purpose of printing the porcelain successfully,...
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From: THE PRACTICAL PRINTER A COMPLETE MANUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING By Charles W Hearn, 1874 PORCELAIN PRINTING TONING THE PORCELAIN Make up, while your porcelain is printing, a toning solution as...
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DRY PLATE PHOTOGRAPHY OR, THE TANNIN PROCESS, MADE SIMPLE AND PRACTICAL FOR OPERATORS AND AMATEURS BY JOHN TOWLER, M. D. New York and London: 1865 [excerpts] The peculiar advantages of Dry Plate...
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From: THE PRACTICAL PRINTER A COMPLETE MANUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING By Charles W Hearn, 1874 PORCELAIN PRINTING CAUSES OF FAILURES IN PORCELAIN PRINTING MANIPULATION Proper manipulation is the great...
View ArticlePictorial Photography (Part 4 of 4)
From: THE BARNET BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pictorial Photography (Part 4 of 4) By: A. Horsley Hinton, 1898 Compare for a moment the two photographs, fig. 1 and fig. 2. The first is by no means an extreme...
View ArticlePictorial Photography (Part 1 of 4)
From: THE BARNET BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pictorial Photography (Part 1 of 4) By: A. Horsley Hinton, 1898 Unlike the subjects of the other articles in this book, in pictorial photography we are not brought...
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From: THE BARNET BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pictorial Photography (Part 2 of 4) By: A. Horsley Hinton, 1898 Reverting now to our argument, I have in other words suggested that obvious violation of truth will...
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Can Photography Lie? From: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY No. 1392. VOL. XXXIV. JANUARY 7, 1887. ON THINGS IN GENERAL By FREE LANCE “CAN photography lie?” What a terrible implied imputation! And I...
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From: THE BARNET BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHY Pictorial Photography (Part 3 of 4) By: A. Horsley Hinton, 1898 The angle of view included by different lenses is an auxiliary not to be neglected, for by...
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