Natural Magic: Salted Paper Prints in North America

Santa Barbara, CA, and Seattle, WA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art; University of Washington Press, 2015. Cloth, 144 pages, illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "The salted paper print process and the daguerrotype 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. This volume offers new views on the use and employment of the salted paper print in North America. The hope is that this publication will encourage investigation, for the history of photography has many areas of terra icognita yet to discover." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Introduction: the North American salted paper print, by Keith F. Davis; The salted paper print: shaping the Mexican socio-political climate, by Lisa Volpe; Obscure histories: the salted paper print in the United States, by Russell Lord; The human and natural resources revealed in Canadian salted paper prints, by Jordan Bear.. 1st. Hardcover. NEW/NEW. 4to. Collectible.