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.