Preface
“I have found a way of fixing the images of the camera! I have seized the fleeting light and imprisoned it! I have forced the sun to paint pictures for me!”
L. J. M. Daguerre, to Charles Chevalier at his Paris optical shop
Daguerre’s energized words—the inspiration for our title—reflect the powerful desire to make permanent, reproducible images through the action of light. These pages convey the fascination surrounding this process we call photography throughout its development over the centuries. Seizing the Light: A Social & Aesthetic History of Photography, fourth edition, offers a significantly expanded and thoroughly revised resource for history of photography courses while providing an accurate and comprehensible introduction ...
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