Printed Light: Scientific Art of William Henry Fox Talbot and David Octavius Hill with Robert Adamson

Arts & Photography

WARD, JOHN

Stevenson, Sara

Photography & Video

National Galleries Of Scotland

David Octavius Hill (1802–70) was a pioneer photographer, painter, and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they produced an extraordinary body of original and inventive work. This book analyzes the photographic partnership, explains its remarkable success, and places it in the context of Hill’s life and times.

The Personal Art of David Octavius Hill

History & Criticism

Paul Mellon Centre

Van Dyck in Check Trousers: Fancy Dress in Art and Life, 1700-1900

Scottish National Portrait Gallery

David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson: Catalogue of their calotypes taken between 1843 and 1847 in the collection of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

John Michael Wright, the King's painter

Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland

Visions of the Ottoman Empire

Lawson, Julia

Henisch, Heinz

Henisch, Bridget

Scottish photography: A bibliography, 1839-1989

History

Europe

Edinburgh : Salvia

Thomas Annan (1829–1887) was the preeminent photographer of Glasgow in the mid-nineteenth century, a period when the rise in industry and population dramatically altered the landscape of the “second city” of the British Empire. Often working in conjunction with civic projects, Annan produced numerous series that underscore the transformation of the city and its environs, though he remains best known for one series in particular: a group of enigmatic photographs of central Glasgow's narrow alleys, or closes, on the verge of demolition. These haunting images, made between 1868 and 1871 and regarded as precursors of the documentary tradition in photography, represent the notion of progress that underpins much of Annan’s oeuvre. Annan’s publication history serves as the organizing principle for this book, which considers both the breadth of his body of work as well as the multiple formats in which his photographs appeared and circulated. Featured here are seven examples— including private albums and commercial books—that focus on subjects as varied as the city’s streets and closes, the Loch Katrine aqueduct, Glasgow College, the cathedral, and the country estates of the landed gentry, highlighting Annan’s extensive engagement with the city of Glasgow. Plates from each of these works are faithfully reproduced in full color, and an introductory essay by the leading authority on Annan surveys the life and career of this widely influential photographer.

Thomas Annan: Photographer of Glasgow

Maddox, Amanda

Individual Artists

J.paul Getty Museum

A companion guide to photography in the National Galleries of Scotland

Duncan Forbes

The photographs of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson taken in the years between 1843 and 1847 marked the first use of photography as an art form. Their fascinating and inventive work has influenced great photographers worldwide. This book, written by Sara Stevenson, chief curator of the Scottish National Photography Collection, which holds the largest and finest collection of Hill and Adamson's photographs, provides an introduction to the remarkable story behind the partnership.

Facing the Light - Photography of Hill & Adamson

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