"ISBN: 978-987-48785-0-2." on title page verso. "ISBN: 978-987-46530-2-4."--on back cover. Includes bibliographic references.
Contents:
Más que una presentación / Matteo Goretti -- El historiador necesita conocer el rostro de quien va a evocar / Miguel Angel De Marco -- Retrato de un coleccionista erudito / Laura Malosetti Costa -- El pasado presente / Grant B. Romer -- INTRODUCCIÓN -- PRIMERA PARTE. Orígenes -- 1. Iniciadores del arte fotográfico: Daguerre y Talbot / Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre, William Henry Fox Talbot -- 2. Florencio Varela: patriota de lei y daguerrotipista -- SEGUNDA PARTE. Fotógrafos: de la aventura al estudio -- 3. Tiempo de pioneros: John Elliot y la vanguardia en el Plata, 1840-1846 -- 4. "The first argentino": Thomas Columbus Helsby -- 5. Un misionero daguerreano en el Plata: Charles DeForest Fredricks -- 6. Un daguerrotipista llamado Antonio Pozzo -- TERCERA PARTE. Retratos: entre lo público y lo privado -- 7. El general San Martin: de la plata al bronce -- 8. Domingo F. Sarmiento y el furor por la fotografía -- 9. El daguerrotipo: arte, objeto y tecnología de la memoria -- 10. 1859: el arte fotográfico avanza -- EPÍLOGO.
Summary:
The history of photography in the region takes a new turn with this wonderful publication that transcends the framework of the discipline to enter the course of the lands of La Plata in the heart of the 19th century. Collector and historian, Carlos G. Vertanessian enriches the history of the local daguerreotype with prestigious multidisciplinary voices: Laura Malosetti Costa, Miguel Ángel de Marco and Grant B. Romer with a foreword by Matteo Goretti, editor and President of the Fundación CEPPA. This book modifies and expands what has been written about the daguerreotype and the origin of photography in the Río de la Plata region. Determined to question the published truth, Carlos Vertanessian provides in each chapter new, well-founded and relevant information. His findings are very important.
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