02788nam 2200553Ia 450 991078043350332120230721023418.00-19-988216-91-282-38054-097866123805490-19-972230-7(CKB)2420000000000939(EBL)472346(OCoLC)551192729(SSID)ssj0000336497(PQKBManifestationID)11929274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336497(PQKBWorkID)10281873(PQKB)11591087(MiAaPQ)EBC472346(Au-PeEL)EBL472346(CaPaEBR)ebr10358439(CaONFJC)MIL238054(EXLCZ)99242000000000093920080731d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDarwin's camera[electronic resource] art and photography in the theory of evolution /Phillip ProdgerOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (511 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515031-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Timeline; Contents; Preface; Photographic plates from Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872); Introduction; 1. Darwin's Art Collection; 2. Illustration and Illusion; 3. Art, Experience, and Observation; 4. Darwin and the Passions; 5. Photography and Evolution Meet; 6. Method to Their Madness; 7. Laughing and Crying; 8. Darwin's Eyes and Ears; 9. Darwin's Art Photographer; 10. Rejlander's Performances; 11. Alice, Eugenics, and the Spirit World; Appendix: "Odd Odds and Ends" by Oscar Rejlander; Notes; Selected BibliographyAcknowledgmentsIndex; Picture CreditsDarwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin changed the way pictures are seen and made. In his illustrated masterpiece, Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1871), Darwin introduced the idea of using photographs to illustrate a scientific theory--his was the first photographically illustrated science book ever published. Using photographs to depict fleeting expressions of emotion--laughter, crying, anger, and so on--as they flit across a person's face, he managed to produce dramatic images at a time when photography was famously slow and awkward. The book desc704.9/495778.93Prodger Phillip1545750MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780433503321Darwin's camera3800831UNINA