From a Photograph - Authenticity, Science and the Periodical Press, 1870-1890

Throughout its early history, photography's authenticity was contested and challenged: how true a representation of reality can a photograph provide? Does the reproduction of a photograph affect its value as authentic or not?

List of contents

IntroductionSection I: Placing Trust In PhotographsChapter 1 - Illustrating Victorian Culture: Photography and the Popular PressChapter 2 - Illustrating Nature: Photography and the Scientific PressSection II: Photographic Trust in UseChapter 3 - The Pigeon, The Microphotograph and the Hot Air Balloon: Technologies of CommunicationChapter 4 - Photographing the Invisible: The Periodical and the Reproduction of the InstantChapter 5 - Photography at a Distance: Reproducing the 1874 Transit of Venus EnterpriseConclusion BibliographyIndex

About the author

Geoffrey Belknap is a post-doctoral research fellow on the 'Constructing Scientific Communities' project at the University of Leicester, UK, and a research fellow at the Centre for Arts and Humanities Research in the Natural History Museum in London, UK. He is a co-editor of Volume 9 of the John Tyndall Correspondence Project (forthcoming).

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey Belknap, Belknap Geoffrey
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032220154
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222015-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Photography & photographs, Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, SCIENCE / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Press & journalism, History of Science, News media and journalism, Media studies: Journalism, Photography and photographs