Brought to light : photography and the invisible, 1840-1900

Keller, Corey. (Added Author). San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. (Added Author). Graphische Sammlung Albertina. (Added Author).

Summary: "Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Explores nineteenth-century photography's impact on science and popular culture. Includes reproductions of nearly 200 vintage photographs and scholarly essays by exhibition curator Corey Keller, cultural historian Jennifer Tucker, and film historian Tom Gunning"--provided by Publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780300142105
Physical Description: print
215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Publisher: San Francisco : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in association with Yale University Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Exhibition held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Oct. 11, 2008-Jan. 4, 2009 and at the Albertina Vienna, Mar. 20, 2009-June 6, 2009.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Sight unseen : picturing the invisible / Corey Keller -- The social photographic eye / Jennifer Tucker -- Invisible worlds : visible media / Tom Gunning -- "Almost a game of chance" : Josef Maria Eder and scientific photography / Maren Gröning -- Plates / with essays by Marie-Sophie Corcy, Corey Keller, Erin O'Toole, and Carole Troufléau-Sandrin -- Microscopes -- Telescopes -- Motion studies -- Electricity and magnetism -- X-rays -- Spirit photography.