Primitive Photography considers the hand-made photographic process in its entirety; showing the reader how to make box-cameras; lenses; paper negatives and salt prints; using inexpensive tools and materials found in most hardware and art-supply stores. Step-by-step procedures are presented alongside theoretical explanations and historical background. Streamlined calotype procedures are demonstrated; featuring different paper negative processes and overlooked; developing-out printing methods.Primitive Photography combines the simplicity of pinhole photography; the handmade quality of alternative processes; and the precision of large-format. For those seeking alternatives to commercially prepared material as well as digital photography; it provides the instructions for creating the entire photographic process from the ground up. Given its scope and treatment of the photographic process as a whole; this may be the first book of its kind to appear in over a century.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Love and DeathBy William S JamisonSetting the stage by giving the contrasting lives prior to their first meeting; certainly prepares the ground for the thesis that this was not a match made in heaven. We have a member of the extreme top one percent (in todays jargon) and Friday (her name in Russian through the Greek) - his Gal Friday! - is bottom what? Ten percent? She is his property. This reminds me of the situation Thomas Jefferson had with his slave (and cousin) Sally Hemings - the mother of most of his surviving children. Upstairs / Downstairs merges. Granted the situation with serfs was much different in many ways from American slavery - though my understanding of how things ran with Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power estate were certainly better by far than the rule. And the same differences were there in Russia as well since it was up to the individual owner how people were treated. A fascinating part of the book concerns the Thieving Magpie - a serf singer much like Friday that was sold as part of the troupe on the death of the owner who was going to give them all their freedom. The new owner was a letch that was furious with rejection and the singer resigned herself to death. Contrast this with the presumption that Friday loved Nicholas. Or did she? Even Nicholas writes that she was more in love with Matrimony than with him. But this book describes an incredible economics. While in my book group one friend said it reminded her of War and Peace; I replied it reminded me more of Woody Allens Love and Death! Picture hundreds of carriages taking all the servants; food; and a wagon full of clothes for them from one estate to another so they could attend the coronation. Seeing something like that would put me more in mind of a straight faced Woody Allen clearly communicating the hysterical behaviors of the rich while people were starving around them. Another thing this book reminded me of was Europes Physician: The Various Life of Theodore de Mayerne - from a century earlier - and the fight among physicians to introduce chemicals as part of health. The health issues among the rich and how they were treated; with leeches; bloodletting; Spanish fly; milk baths; seem a horrid approach. Were things better in France? George Washington probably died from such care. All in all; this was a slow book to attract my interest but a fast read; so the interesting things came up pretty quickly once I got into it. Thanks to the Internet; and most of the sites in the book are still there and museums with web sites; you can follow along in the book while looking at what the places look like today. I am glad I read it; though I admit I was hesitant to get started.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. THE PEARL by Douglas SmithBy penThe book presents a fascinating aspect of Russian history and I would recommend it to those interested in such subject. It deals with the family history of Count Boris Sheremetev; General during the Thirty-Year War; who won the Poltava Battle for Peter the Great. The book centers on the romance of Nicholas Sheremetev (Boris grandson) with one of his serf women; who he married later in life; and the scandal such a union caused in the circles of Imperial Russia during Catherine the Great; especially the stigma such a union caused to the future Sheremetev heirs. For obvious reasons; it is a sad story; but interesting nonetheless because of the impact the family had on developing the future of opera; ballet and theater in Russia; the precursors also of the Bolshoi Ballet in modern times. Nobody recommended this book to me ... I came across it by accident while browsing the internet in search of books on the Pushkin palaces and the Tretyakov Gallery. Highly recommended for those interested in a little-known piece of Russian history. The book was delivered in perfect condition and on time by seller; who I also recommend.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If youre interested in imperial RussiaBy Alice Kaderlan HalseyOne of the best nonfiction books Ive ever read. Really makes the characters and the period come alive.If y
