Main entry:

Fabian, Rainer, 1935-

Title & Author:

Masters of early travel photography / Rainer Fabian, Hans-Christian Adam.

Publication:

New York : Vendome Press, 1983.

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Frühe Reisen mit der Kamera.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-352).
The birth of photography: Niépce, Daguerre, and Talbot -- Egypt: lion-hearted journeys to the temples of the Nile: Francis Frith and Maxime du Camp -- Greenland: a cheerful outing among the icebergs: Dunmore and Critcherson -- Japan: photographing the "Gate to the Sun": Kusakabe Kimbei, Felice Beato, and Baron Stillfried -- Brazil: Imperial photographer of the Amazon: Dom Pedro II and Marc Ferrez -- India: the "brave photographic warriors" of the British Empire: Samuel Bourne and Deen Dayal -- China: an ancient culture caught forever: John Thomson -- The American West: pioneering with colt and camera: William H. Jackson, Carleton Watkins and Eadweard Muybridge -- The world in color: record it while it lasts: Albert Kahn and Burton Holmes -- Biographies.

ISBN:

0865650349
9780865650343

Subject:

Travel photography.
Voyages and travels Pictorial works.
Voyages Ouvrages illustrés.
Photographie de voyage.
travel photography.
Voyages and travels

Form/genre:

Pictorial works

Added entries:

Adam, Hans-Christian, 1948-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 78337
Call No.: POX2767; ID:84-B454
Status: Available