A New history of photography.

CONTENTS :
0. Michel Frizot: INTRODUCTION The age of light ;
1. Michel Frizot: LIGHT MACHINES On the threshold of invention ;
[Michel Frizot: Joseph Nicephore Niepce: From alchemy to the work of light, page 20] ;
2.Michel Frizot: 1839-1840 Photographic developments ;
[Michel Frizot: The daguerreotype, total impression of reality, page 28 ] ;
[Michel Frizot: Le Noye [Self-portrait as a drowned man] by Hippolyte Bayard, page 30 ] ;
3. Timm Starl: A NEW WORLD OF PICTURES The use and spread of the daguerreotype process ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: The Daguerreotype, page 38 ] ;
[ Shelley Rice: Paris in the Daguerreotype, page 48 ] ;
3a. Dossier: Daguerreotypes The mirror of nature ;
[ Michel Frizot: The Pencil of Nature, page 62 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: The Heliographic Mission, page 66 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: Calotypist circles, page 70 ] ;
[ Ciaire Bustarret: The journey to Egypt, page 76 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: The ring of truth, page 78 ] ;
4a. Dossier: Blanquart-Evrard, photographic publisher ;
5. Michel Frizot: THE TRANSPARENT MEDIUM From industrial product to the Salon des Beaux-Arts ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Collodion, page 92 ] ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Photographic societies, page 96 ] ;
[ Sylvie Aubenas: The cliche-verre. page 98 ] ;
6. Jean Sagne: ALL KINDS OF PORTRAITS The photographer's studio ;
[ Jean Sagne: At the photographer's studio, page 104 ] ;
[ Jean Sagne: Composite cartes, page 112 ] ;
[ Jean Sagne: Nadar's studio, page 118 ] ;
[ Jean Sagne: The photograph album, page 120 ] ;
6a. Dossier: Distinguished personages ;
7. Hubertus von Amelunxen: THE CENTURY'S MEMORIAL Photography and the recording of history ;
[Hubertus von Amelunxen: Manet's Execution of Emperor Maximilian, page 142 ] ;
[ Joel Petitjean: The Paris Commune, page 146 ] ;
8. Francoise Heilbrun: AROUND THE WORLD Explorers, travelers, and tourists ;
[ Elvire Perego: Photographic exhibitions, page 150 ] ;
[ Francoise Heilbrun: The spread of topographical views, page 152 ] ;
[ Francoise Heilbrun: Fratelli Alinari, Florence, page 156 ] ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: The traveler's paraphernalia, page 158 ] ;
8a. Dossier: The American West ;
9. Pierre-Marc Richard: LIFE IN TFIREE DIMENSIONS The charms of stereoscopy ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Stereoscopy, page 178 ] ;
10. Mike Weaver: ARTISTIC ASPIRATIONS The lure of fine art ;
[ Mike Weaver: O. G. Rejiander, The Two Ways of Life, page 188 ] ;
11. Elvire Perego: THE URBAN MACHINE Architecture and industry ;
[ Elvire Perego: The vogue for international exhibitions, page 202 ] ;
[ Elvire Perego: The conquest of knowledge and techniques. Photography at the Ecole des Ponts et Chaussees, page 208 ] ;
11a. Dossier: The Paris Opera by Delmaet and Durandelle ;
12. Sylvie Aubenas: THE PHOTOGRAPH IN PRINT Multiplication and stability of the image ;
[ Michel Frizot: Photogravure, page 228 ] ;
13. Jean-Claude Gautrand: PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE SPUR OF THE MOMENT Instant impressions ;
[ Michel Frizot: The Kodak family, page 238 ] ;
14. Michel Frizot: SPEED OF PHOTOGRAPHY Movement and duration ;
[ Michel Frizot: E. J. Muybridge's Animal Locomotion, page 246 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: The Cinematograph, page 256 ] ;
15. Michel Frizot: BODY OF EVIDENCE The ethnophotography of difference ;
16. Michel Frizot: THE ALL-POWERFUL EYE The forms of the invisible ;
16a. Dossier: Artificial light ;
17. Anne Flammond: NATURALISTIC VISION AND SYMBOLIST IMAGE The pictorial impulse ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Pictorialist techniques, page 300 ] ;
[ Anne Hammond: The Linked Ring, page 306 ] ;
18. Peter C. Bunnell: TOWARDS NEW PHOTOGRAPHY Renewals of Pictorialism ;
[ Peter C. Bunnell: The "291" Gallery, page 314 ] ;
[ Peter C. Bunnell: The Albright Exhibition, page 322 ] ;
18a. Dossier: Camera Work magazine 1903-1917 ;
19. Elvire Perego: INTIMATE MOMENTS AND SECRET GARDENS The artist as amateur photographer ;
20. Thilo Koenig: THE OTHER HALF The investigation of society ;
[ Thilo Koenig: Jacob A. Riis: How the Other Half Lives, page 352 ] ;
[ Thilo Koenig: The Archive Casasola, page 354 ] ;
21. Pierre Albert and Gilles Feyel: PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE MEDIA Changes in the illustrated press ;
[ Michel Frizot: The interview with Chevreul, page 362 ] ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Half-tone, page 364 ] ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Phototelegraphy, page 366 ] ;
22. Michel Frizot: STATES OF THINGS Image and aura ;
[ Michel Frizot: Photography and archeology, page 376 ] ;
23. Michel Frizot: ANOTHER KIND OF PHOTOGRAPHY New points of view ;
[ Michel Frizot: Camera Work, no. 49/50. 1917, page 392 ] ;
24. Molly Nesbit: PHOTOGRAPHY AND HISTORY Eugene Atget ;
[ Michel Frizot: Eugene Atget, page 402 ] ;
25. Michel Frizot: A NATURAL STRANGENESS The hypothesis of color ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Polaroid, page 420 ] ;
25a. Dossier: Autochromes ;
26. Michel Frizot: METAMORPHOSES OFTHE IMAGE Photo-graphics and the alienation of meaning ;
27. Andreas Haus and Michel Frizot: FIGURES OF STYLE New vision, new photography ;
[ Andreas Haus: Film und Foto, Stuttgart, 1929, page 466 ] ;
28. John Pultz: AUSTERITY AND CLARITY New photography in the United States, 1920-1940 ;
[ John Pultz: Ansel Adams: An American Place, 1936, page 484 ] ;
28a. Dossier: The spirit of Czechoslovakia ;
29. Pierre Vaisse: PORTRAIT OF SOCIETY The anonymous and the famous ;
[ Michel Frizot: The Photomaton, page 504 ] ;
30. Ian Jeffrey: THE WAY LIFE GOES Suffering and hope ;
[ Patrick Roegiers: Bill Brandt's Britain, page 518 ] ;
30a. Dossier: The anonymous studio ;
31. Francoise Ducros: THE DREAM OF BEAUTY Fashion and fantasy ;
32. Thomas Michael Gunther: THE SPREAD OF PHOTOGRAPHY Commissions, advertising, publishing ;
[ Thomas Michael Gunther: From photographer to publication, page 566 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: Andre Kertesz, page 572 ] ;
32a. Dossier: Colors of the age ;
33. Fred Ritchin: CLOSE WITNESSES The involvement of the photojournalist ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: The Leica, page 596 ] ;
[ Fred Ritchin: Magnum Photos, page 598 ] ;
[ Anne Lilensztein: The "Final Solution", page 600 ] ;
[ Fred Ritchin: Picture-editing, page 608 ] ;
34. Jean-Claude Gautrand: LOOKING AT OTHERS Humanism and neo-realism ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: "The Family of Man", page 628 ] ;
34a. Dossier: Pittsburgh, a "photographic essay" by W. Eugene Smith ;
35. Colin Westerbeck: ON THE ROAD AND IN THE STREET The post-war period in the United States ;
[ Colin Westerbeck: The Americans, a model, page 646 ] ;
[ Colin Westerbeck: The role of exhibitions, page 656 ] ;
36. Shelley Rice: BEYOND REALITY The subjective vision ;
[ Peter C. Bunnell: Minor White and photographic education, page 664 ] ;
[ Jean-Claude Gautrand: Subjektive Fotografie, page 672 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot and Jean-Claude Gautrand: Art, science, and nature, page 674 ] ;
36a. Dossier: The universal album ;
37. Chihiro Minato: JAPAN AND PHOTOGRAPHY In quest of the other ;
38. Stuart Alexander: PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES ;
39. Michel Frizot: THE SENSITIVE SURFACE Photographic substrate, imprint, memory ;
[ Michel Frizot: Exposure value, page 714 ] ;
[ Michel Frizot: The artist's book, page 722 ] ;
40. Yves Michaud: FORMS OF LOOKING Philosophy and photography ;
40a. Dossier: A collection of contemporary art ;
41. Michel Frizot: RITUALS AND CUSTOMS Photographs as memories ;
[ Anne Cartier-Bresson: Methods of producing photographic prints ] ;
BIBLIOGRAPHY ;
INDEX ;
CONTRIBUTORS ;
PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS ;
CONTENTS.