Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/08/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 14, 2013, at 4:18 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Lew I think you got it ass backwards. > I think photos didn't not appear in the press till way later as the > halftone > ( 1872) came way after the Daguerreotype -(1840-1855) > > The first printed photograph was an image of Steinway Hall in Manhattan > published on December 2, 1873" > > " The first truly successful commercial method was patented by Frederic > Ives > of Philadelphia in 1881" > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halftone > > The amazing detail of the Daguerreotype made it an instant sensation for > the > public. > None of the dozens of photo processes which came later and come now did not > equal it in resolution and detail. > They were not really in competition with the paper prints Talbot came up > with the same week in England 1839. They totally dominated the hearts and > minds of the public from day one. Sure you had to hold them so they caugth > the light right be that just added to their allure. > The idea that people had do learn to see 2d photos? Wow! Do we have a URL > on > that? > I think "pictures" had been around for a long time before they started > making with with camera obsuras which has photo sensitive materials in > them. > Starting with cave paintings. Newspapers and magazines did use engraved illustrations pre-halftone process for photographs. <https://www.google.com/searchq=19th+century+newspaper+illustration&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nvgLUpTCL-fqyQHSvYDIBA&ved=0CEsQsAQ&biw=1182&bih=885> <https://www.google.com/search?q=18th+century+newspaper+illustration&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=nvgLUpTCL-fqyQHSvYDIBA&ved=0CEsQsAQ&biw=1182&bih=885#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=8bba06cdae184256&q=18th+century+newspaper+illustration&sa=1&tbm=isch> Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist