Capturing the light: the birth of photography, a true story of genius and rivalry
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St Martins Pr
Publication Date:
2013
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English
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Relates the quest of two very different geniuses in the 1830s, totally ignorant of each other's work, to solve the ancient puzzle of capturing the world around them, describing how they invented two dramatically different photographic processes.
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Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, -- 1787-1851
History
Inventors
Inventors -- England -- Biography
Inventors -- France -- Biography
Photographers
Photographers -- England -- Biography
Photographers -- France -- Biography
Photography
Photography -- England -- History -- 19th century
Photography -- France -- History -- 19th century
Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot, William Henry Fox, -- 1800-1877
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé, -- 1787-1851
History
Inventors
Inventors -- England -- Biography
Inventors -- France -- Biography
Photographers
Photographers -- England -- Biography
Photographers -- France -- Biography
Photography
Photography -- England -- History -- 19th century
Photography -- France -- History -- 19th century
Talbot, William Henry Fox
Talbot, William Henry Fox, -- 1800-1877
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9781250009708
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Inventors -- England -- Biography
Inventors -- France -- Biography
Photographers -- England -- Biography
Photographers -- France -- Biography
Photography -- England -- History -- 19th century
Photography -- France -- History -- 19th century
Talbot, William Henry Fox, -- 1800-1877
Inventors -- England -- Biography
Inventors -- France -- Biography
Photographers -- England -- Biography
Photographers -- France -- Biography
Photography -- England -- History -- 19th century
Photography -- France -- History -- 19th century
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Capturing the light : the birth of photography, a true story of genius and rivalry
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Photographers
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Talbot, William Henry Fox
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Inventors
Photographers
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Talbot, William Henry Fox
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