When I was a photographer

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The first complete English translation of Nadar's intelligent and witty memoir, a series of vignettes that capture his experiences in the early days of photography.

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Title Statements

Full title :When I was a photographer / Félix Nadar ; translated by Eduardo Cadava and Liana Theodoratou.

Summary

The first complete English translation of Nadar's intelligent and witty memoir, a series of vignettes that capture his experiences in the early days of photography.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):MIT Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015

Notes

Translation of: Quand j'étais photographe.

Includes index.

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Description:1 online resource (335 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780262330718, 0262330717
oclc:ocn992451570
LC Classification:TR149
Dewey Decimal:770.92

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Translators' Note -- Balzac and the Daguerreotype -- Gazebon Avenged -- The Blind Princess -- Homicidal Photography -- The First Attempt at Aerostatic Photography -- Subterranean Paris -- Female and Male Clients -- The Professional Secret -- Doctor Van Monckhoven -- Obsidional Photography -- The Primitives of Photography -- The New President of the French Society of Photography -- The Bee Tamer -- 1830 and Thereabouts -- Chronology -- Notes -- Index.

Subjects

Anecdotes France Nadar, Félix Photographers Photographers -- Anecdotes. -- France Photographes -- Anecdotes. -- France Photographie -- Anecdotes. -- France Photography Photography -- Anecdotes. -- France