History of Photography — Exam 1 (Photographers)

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) (Subject)

Architecture, still scenes

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) (Notbale Photo)

View from the Window at Les gras (1826-27)

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) (Process)

Heliography on pewter plate

Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765-1833) (contribution)

first permanent photograph ever made

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) (Subjects)

cityscapes, still lifes, architecture

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) (Notable Photo)

Boulevard du Temple (1838)

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) (process)

Daggeurrotype

Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) (contribution)

first publicly announced photo process, first picture to capture human figures

William Henry Fox Talbot (Subject)

architecture, botonical studies, domestic interiors 

William Henry Fox Talbot (notable Photo)

the open door (1844)

William Henry Fox Talbot (process)

calotype (negative-positive)

William Henry Fox Talbot (contribution)

invented reproducible photography, published the first photo book

Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) (Subject)

architecture, landscapes, monuments

Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) (notable photo)

Pont du Gard (1851)

Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) (Process)

calotype/wet collodion

Edouard Baldus (1813-1889) (contribution)

documented french infrastructure; early large-format work, used multiple negatives to make images sharper

Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) (subjects)

seascapes, landscapes

Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) (notable photo)

The Great Wave, sète (1857)

Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) (process)

waxed-paper negative, combination printing

Gustave Le Gray (1820-1884) (contribution)

pinoneering combination printing improved wax paper negative for shrper images

Southworth & Hawes (Subjects)

portraits of boston’s cultural figures

Southworth & Hawes (notable photo)

portrait of lemuel shaw (c. 1850)

Southworth & Hawes (process)

Dageurrotype

Southworth & Hawes (contribution)

more artictic portraits (harriet beecher stowe by southworth & haws). patented the grand parlor stereoscope camera

Nadar (1820-1910) (subjects)

ariel views, writers, artists, celebrities

Nadar (1820-1910) (Notable Photo)

portrait of charles boudelaire (c. 1855)

Nadar (1820-1910) (process)

wet collodion

Nadar (1820-1910) (contribution)

known for express portraits and pioneering aerial photography

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813-1875) (Subjects)

allegorical scenes, moral narrative

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813-1875) (notable photo)

The Two Ways of Life (1857)

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813-1875) (process)

combination printing, wet collodian, wax paper

Oscar Gustave Rejlander (1813-1875) (contribution)

blended photography with fine art and narrative, used lots of negatives

Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901) (Subjects)

staged photos, allegory, victorian life

Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901) (notable photo)

Fading Away (1858)

Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901) (process)

combiantion printing

Henry Peach Robinson (1830-1901)(contribution)

key figure in pictoralism, argued for photography as art

Julia Maragaret Cameron (1815-1879) (Subjects)

portraits, literary, mythological themes

Julia Maragaret Cameron (1815-1879) (notable photo)

lago, study from Italian (1867)

Julia Maragaret Cameron (1815-1879) (process)

wet collodion

Julia Maragaret Cameron (1815-1879) (contribution)

known for soft focus and emotional depth in portraiture

carleton watkins (1829-1916) (subjects)

landscapes, especially yosemite

carleton watkins (1829-1916) (notable photo)

yosemite valley from the best general view (1866)

carleton watkins (1829-1916) (process)

mammoth-plate collodion

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) (subjects)

war (crimean war), portraits architecture

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) (notable photo)

the valley of the shadow of death (1855)

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) (process)

wet collodion

Roger Fenton (1819-1869) (contribution)

among the first war photographers; shapes public perception of conflict

Alexander Gardner (1821-1862) (subject)

american civil war, battlefield scenes, portraits

Alexander Gardner (1821-1862) (notable photo)

home of a rebel sharpshooter, gettysburg (1863)

Alexander Gardner (1821-1862) (process)

wet collodion glass negatives, albumen prints

Alexander Gardner (1821-1862) 9contribution)

civil war photographer, posed bodies

timothy h. O sullivan (1840-1882) (subject)

civil wwar, american west surveys

timothy h. O sullivan (1840-1882) (notable phto)

a harvest of death, gettysburg (1863)

timothy h. O sullivan (1840-1882) (process)

wet collodion

timothy h. O sullivan (1840-1882) (contribution)

war documentation and landscape exploration, survey photographs helped map the west

mathew brady (1822-1896) (subject)

portraits of political figures, civil war

mathew brady (1822-1896) (notable photo)

portrait of abraham lincoln (1860)

mathew brady (1822-1896) (process)

wet collodion, albumen prints

mathew brady (1822-1896) (contribution)

created visual archive of 19th century

Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) (subjects)

landscapes of India, the himalays, colonial scenes

Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) (notbale photo)

himalayan landscapes (1860s)

Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) (process)

wet collodion

Samuel Bourne (1834-1912) (contribution)

colonist, documentation of colonial india, bourne and shepard studio

Felice Beato (1832-1904) (Subject)

war, east asia, colonial expansion

Felice Beato (1832-1904) (notbale photo)

Ruins of the imperial summer palace, beijing (1860)

Felice Beato (1832-1904) (process)

albumen prints, early hand-coloring

Felice Beato (1832-1904) (contribution)

one of first war photographers in Asia, early-hand colored works, records of Asia

John Thomson (1837-1921) (subject)

street scenes, London, travel phorgraphy (china)

John Thomson (1837-1921) (notbale photo)

Peking Street Scence (1860s)

John Thomson (1837-1921) (process)

wet collodion

John Thomson (1837-1921) (contribution)

one of the first photojournalists, book of Street Life in London, documented urban poverty

Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) (subject)

american civil war, american west, transcontental railroad

Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) (notable photo)

east and west shaking hands at laying of last rail (1869)

Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) (process)

wet collodion

Andrew J. Russell (1829-1902) (contribution)

documented building of transcontenital railroad, u.s. expansion

Lydia Bonfils (1837-1918) (subject)

middle-east architecture, people, biblical sites

Lydia Bonfils (1837-1918) (notable photo)

young woman from lebanon (1867-1914)

Lydia Bonfils (1837-1918) (process)

albumen print

Lydia Bonfils (1837-1918) (contribution)

Bonfils studio in Beirut, one of first commercial photographers in Middle East

Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) (subject)

middle eastern street life, monuments, orientalistscenes

Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) (notable photo)

photo of two kurdish men and an orthodox cleric (1873)

Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) (process)

albumen print

Pascal Sébah (1823-1886) (contribution)

ethnographic and torutist imagery

Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 -1934) (Subject)

daily life, landascapes, staged portraits

Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 -1934) (notable photo)

japanese women in kimono (1880s)

Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 -1934) (process)

albumen prints, hand colored

Kusakabe Kimbei (1841 -1934) (contribution)

delicate hand coloring, Japanese commercial photography

George Eastman (1859-1932) (subjects)

industrial/commercial photography

George Eastman (1859-1932) (notable photo)

promotional imagery for kodak (1888)

George Eastman (1859-1932) (process)

roll film innovation, brownie camera

George Eastman (1859-1932) (contribution)

invented roll film and mass-produced cameras, made photography accessible to the general public

Peter Henry Emerson (subject)

rural life in england, landscapes

Peter Henry Emerson (notable photo)

gathering waterlilies (1886)

Peter Henry Emerson (process)

platinum prints

Peter Henry Emerson (contribution)

advocated for naturalistc photgraphy (sharp center, softer edges)

Fredrick H. Evans (1853-1943) (Subjects)

cathedrals, architecture

Fredrick H. Evans (1853-1943) (notable photo)

“york minister: ‘ in sure certain hope” 1903

Fredrick H. Evans (1853-1943) (process)

platinum prints

Fredrick H. Evans (1853-1943) (contribution)

tonal precision, multiple negatives

Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) (subject)

modern life, immigration, portraits, abstraction