Book ID: CBB001551517

Reasoned and Unreasoned Images: The Photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey (2012)

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Ellenbogen, Josh (Author)


Pennsylvania State University Press


Publication Date: 2012
Physical Details: xi + 265 pp.; ill.
Language: English

Examines three projects in late nineteenth-century scientific photography: the endeavors of Alphonse Bertillon, Francis Galton, and Etienne-Jules Marey. Develops new theoretical perspectives on the history of photographic technology, as well as the history of scientific imaging more generally

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Review Wilder, Kelley (2015) Review of "Reasoned and Unreasoned Images: The Photography of Bertillon, Galton, and Marey". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 469-471). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sera-Shriar, Efram
Ellenbogen, Josh
Dibattista, Liborio
Langmead, Alison
Wilder, Kelley E.
White, William B.
Concepts
Photography
Science and technology, relationships
Movement (biological)
Visual representation; visual communication
Observation
Anthropometry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
Places
France
Great Britain
Institutions
British Museum
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