Small 4to., viii, 119 pp., plus 104 color and b&w plates. Illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. Harker traces Robinson's development as artist, photographer and leading exponent of photographic art theory. Seller Inventory # 53187

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Title: HENRY PEACH ROBINSON: MASTER OF PHOTOGRAPHIC...

Publisher: Basil Blackwell, Oxford/NY

Publication Date: 1988

Binding: Soft cover

Illustrator: Robinson, Henry Peach

Edition: First edition.

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Describes the life and career of Robinson, shows examples of his landscapes, portraits, narrative scenes, and composite photographs, and discusses his technique

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This is the first book-length study of Victorian photograher Henry Peach Robinson. Famed for composite tableaux"Fading Away" used five negatives to recreate a dying girl amid the grievingRobinson strove to elevate photography from factual recording to "high art." His influential writings spread his views far beyond his Tunbridge Wells studio. Although the text is somewhat colorless, the meticulously documented chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history, as well as the superb plates, make this essential for any specialized photographic collection. Annette Melville, Research Lib. Group, Stanford, Cal.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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