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Capturing the light : the birth of photography, a true story of genius and rivalry /

"An intimate look at the journeys of two men-- a gentleman scientist and a visionary artist-- as they struggled to capture the world around them, and in the process invented modern photography. During the 1830s, in an atmosphere of intense scientific enquiry fostered by the Industrial Revolutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Roger (Museum curator)
Other Authors: Rappaport, Helen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press, 2013.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, > 1787-1851.
Talbot, William Henry Fox, > 1800-1877.
Photographers > France > Biography.
Photographers > England > Biography.
Inventors > France > Biography.
Inventors > England > Biography.
Photography > France > History > 19th century.
Photography > England > History > 19th century.
Photographie.
Daguerreotypie.
Talbotypie.
PHOTOGRAPHY / History.
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