Monday, June 3, 2013

Antique Photographica: The Collector’s Vision



In this age of digital cameras that are everywhere: digital phones, computers, I-Pads, tablets, it’s hard to imagine a time when taking photographs was a huge undertaking.
 
Old cameras were bulky and cumbersome.  Film consisted of large plates of glass or other hard to manipulate material.  Taking photos took long lengths of time and developing film was a long and arduous process.

In Antique Photographica: The Collector’s Vision, edited by Bryan and Paige Ginns and published by Schiffer Publishing, readers are taken through the history of photography via (appropriately) a huge gallery of vintage photos accompanied by informative text explaining the history of the medium.

The book examines the genesis of photography, its early uses, various cameras and equipment used, the types of photos produced on various film formats and its evolution to the early 20th Century.

Photographer aficionados are sure to get a kick out of this spectacular oversize hardbound book that traces not only the art of photography but also captures images of times long past.