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Capturing the Light: A Story of Genius, Rivalry and the Birth of Photography

Capturing the Light: A Story of Genius, Rivalry and the Birth of Photography

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Publisher's Synopsis

Capturing the Light starts with a tiny scrap of purple-tinged paper, 176 years old and about the size of a postage stamp. On it you can just make out a tiny, ghostly image of a gothic window, an image so small and perfect that it 'might be supposed to be the work of some Lilliputian artist': the world's first photographic negative.

This captivating book traces the lives of two very different men in the 1830s, both racing to be the first to solve one of the world's oldest problems: how to capture an image and keep it for ever. On the one hand there is Henry Fox Talbot: a quiet, solitary gentleman-amateur tinkering away on his farm in the English countryside. On the other Louis Daguerre, a flamboyant, charismatic French showman in search of fame and fortune.

Only one question remains: who will get there first?

About the Publisher

Macmillan

Macmillan is the hardback imprint of Pan Macmillan and publishes major British and international fiction authors as well as serious history, biography & memoir, politics, sport and current affairs. It also publishes a wide variety of annuals and series.

Book information

ISBN: 9781509892037
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Macmillan
Pub date:
DEWEY: 770.9034
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 544g
Height: 156mm
Width: 234mm
Spine width: 26mm