Excerpt from The Photography of Colored Objects The first edition of "The Photography of Colored Objects" was written by Doctor C. E. K. Mees, who stated it was an attempt to put clearly the theory underlying the photography of colored objects and the application of that theory to those branches of practice which are of the most immediate importance. While purely scientific terms and phraseology are not employed, no attempt has been made to be entirely "practical," since the application of an ounce of accurate knowledge may be worth a ton of unreasoning practice. No pretence is made of being unbiased, though it is hoped that there is no conscious bias. The Eastman products are freely discussed, but the loss of generalization caused by this procedure will be compensated by the advantage to be gained from definite information. The large number of friends who have kindly assisted in the compilation of this volume makes it impossible to acknowledge all by name, and it would perhaps be invidious to mention only a few. We hope that all will understand that although they are not named we are none the less grateful to them for their various suggestions, and that we shall also be grateful for suggestions for the improvement of future editions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Photography of Coloured Red Objects This book represents an attempt to put clearly the theory underlying the photography of coloured objects, and the application of that theory to those branches of practice which are of the most immediate importance. The need for such a book has been impressed upon me by my daily correspondence, and I have hopes that it may serve as a kind of text-book of the subject for many of my friends. While not employing purely scientific nomenclature and phraseology, I have made no attempt to be "practical," believing as I do, that the application of an ounce of accurate knowledge is worth a ton of unreasoning practice. I have also made no pretence as to being unbiassed, I have frankly discussed the products of my own firm, but I hope that the loss of generalisation caused by this procedure will be compensated by the advantage to be gained from definite information. It would not be possible, for instance, usefully to discuss the distribution of sensitiveness in "red-sensitive plates," whereas it is quite possible to discuss the distribution of sensitiveness in any particular plate. I am also likely to be biassed in argument, but I have not allowed myself to be consciously biassed, and have tried to be as fair as possible. I am very much obliged to many friends for the services chronicled below. Chapter VI. on "Photography for Reproduction," was written by Mr. A. J. Newton. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition The original copy: photography of sculpture, 1839 to today, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (August 1-November 1, 2010)"--T.p. verso.

Ever since the mid-nineteenth century, when the new medium of photography was pressed into service to illustrate sculpture, photographs of sculptural objects have directed viewers as to what, in the course of ambling around a sculpture, was the single perfect moment to stop and look. What is the photograph’s place in writing the history of sculpture? How has it changed according to culture, generation, criti-cal conviction, and changes in media? Photography and Sculpture: The Art Object in Reproduction studies aspects of these questions from the perspectives of sixteen leading art historians. Their essays consider iconic photographs, archival collections, new and forgotten technologies, and conceptual challenges in photographing three-dimensional forms that have directed changing historical and stylistic attitudes about how we see, write about, and narrate histories of sculpture. Chapters on such varied topics as picturing Conceptual art, manipulating sacred images in India to be non-photographs, and framing Roman art with an iPad illustrate the latent visual and narrative powers and ever-expanding potential of these images of sculpture.

A comprehensive and up-to-date textbook and reference for computational imaging, which combines vision, graphics, signal processing, and optics. Computational imaging involves the joint design of imaging hardware and computer algorithms to create novel imaging systems with unprecedented capabilities. In recent years such capabilities include cameras that operate at a trillion frames per second, microscopes that can see small viruses long thought to be optically irresolvable, and telescopes that capture images of black holes. This text offers a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to this rapidly growing field, a convergence of vision, graphics, signal processing, and optics. It can be used as an instructional resource for computer imaging courses and as a reference for professionals. It covers the fundamentals of the field, current research and applications, and light transport techniques. The text first presents an imaging toolkit, including optics, image sensors, and illumination, and a computational toolkit, introducing modeling, mathematical tools, model-based inversion, data-driven inversion techniques, and hybrid inversion techniques. It then examines different modalities of light, focusing on the plenoptic function, which describes degrees of freedom of a light ray. Finally, the text outlines light transport techniques, describing imaging systems that obtain micron-scale 3D shape or optimize for noise-free imaging, optical computing, and non-line-of-sight imaging. Throughout, it discusses the use of computational imaging methods in a range of application areas, including smart phone photography, autonomous driving, and medical imaging. End-of-chapter exercises help put the material in context.

This innovative volume explores the idea that while photographs are images, they are also objects, and this materiality is integral to their meaning and use. The case studies presented focus on photographs active in different institutional, political, religious and domestic spheres, where physical properties, the nature of their use and the cultural formations in which they function make their 'objectness' central to how we should understand them. The book's contributions are drawn from disciplines including the history of photography, visual anthropology and art history, with case studies from a range of countries such as the Netherlands, North America, Australia, Japan, Romania and Tibet. Each shows the methodological strategies they have developed in order to fully exploit the idea of the materiality of photographic images.