Natural Magic: Salted Paper Prints in North America

by Russell Lord, Jordan Bear, Lisa Volpe

The salted paper print process and the daguerreotype were invented, for all practical purposes, simultaneously. Though using different materials and methods (the salted paper print was patented, while daguerreotype was not) still both achieved the miracle of fixing an image from life within a substrate--in other words, they ushered in the medium of photography.

The uses of each form of photography varied greatly. In Europe the salted paper...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295994908
• ISBN13: 9780295994901
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.2" x 11.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher