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Perfect Chemistry Anne M. Lyden

Perfect Chemistry By Anne M. Lyden

Perfect Chemistry by Anne M. Lyden


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A selection from the work of the photographic partnership of Hill and Adamson. Accompanies an exhibition starting at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh (27 May - 1 October 2017) before touring internationally.

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Perfect Chemistry by Anne M. Lyden

Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their images of people, buildings and scenes in and around Edinburgh offer a fascinating glimpse into 1840s Scotland. Their much-loved prints of the Newhaven fisherfolk are among the first images of social documentary photography.In the space of four and a half years Hill and Adamson produced several thousand prints encompassing landscapes, architectural views, tableaux vivants from Scottish literature and an impressive suite of portraits featuring key members of Edinburgh society.Anne M. Lyden, International Photography Curator at the National Galleries of Scotland, discusses the dynamic dispute that brought these two men together and reveals their perfect chemistry as the first professional partnership in Scottish photography. Illustrated with around 100 masterpieces from the Galleries' unique, vast collection of the duo's ground-breaking work.

About Anne M. Lyden

Anne M. Lyden is International Photography Curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh. She was previously Associate Curator of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles where she curated many major exhibitions. She has previously written a number of publications, including The Photographs of Frederick H. Evans (2010) and A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography (2014, both Getty Publications).

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NPB9781911054047
9781911054047
191105404X
Perfect Chemistry by Anne M. Lyden
New
Hardback
National Galleries of Scotland
2017-05-22
120
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