The naming of photography : "a mass of metaphor"

Author

Batchen, Geoffrey

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

History of photography. 1993, Num. 1, Vol. 17, 22-32

ISSN

0308-7298

Abstract (en)

Study of the language used to describe early photographic experiments, especially Niépce's term, héliographie, Daguerre's attachment of his own name to the photographic process, Talbot's use of the term calotype, and Herschel's establishment of the word photography.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography
• Photography
• Terminology
• 1800-1900
• Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore, 1765-1833
• Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787-1851
• Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
• Herschel, John Frederick William, 1792-1871
• Language

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie
• Photographie
• Terminologie
• 1800-1900
• Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore, 1765-1833
• Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, 1787-1851
• Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877
• Herschel, John Frederick William, 1792-1871
• Langage

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940401-00340384

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