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I am researching Eugene Atget and wish to know more about how the camera that he used would have contributed to the distinctive appearance of his photographs. I have only just started my research so apologies if I have overlooked an obvious source. At the moment all discussion is about his use of glass negatives and mainly albumen prints. I understand that he got his negatives from Lumiere bros - do we know what type of negative they were?
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Juliet,
You might like to have a look at the readily available Taschen book by Hans Christian Adam, He does not answer the questions directly but does note Adget used a wooden camera that took 18cm x 24cm glass plates.
The distinctive appearance is due to the choice of lens. Atget as I understand it, liked close range lenses that gave a heightened perspective effect. He was less concerned about image 'perfection' and more concerned about documentary recording of the places he visited, hence a number of the effects and marks seen on the images.
I'm sure more learned commentators will give you more details!
Ian
Centre for British Photography
Victoria and Albert Museum's photography collection
National Science and Media Museum
RPS Journal 1853-2012 online and searchable
Photographic History Research Centre, Leicester
Birkbeck History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
William Henry Fox Talbot Catalogue Raisonné
British Photography. The Hyman Collection
The Press Photo History Project Mapping the photo agencies and photographers of Fleet Street and the UK
The correspondence of William Henry Fox Talbot
Historic England Archive
UAL Photography and Photography and the Archive Research Centre
Royal Photographic Society's Historical Group
www.londonstereo.com London Stereoscopic Company / T. R. Williams
www.earlyphotography.co.uk British camera makers and companies
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock.
National Portrait Gallery, London
http://www.freewebs.com/jb3d/
Alfred Seaman and the Photographic Convention
Frederick Scott Archer
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