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Title: PhotoHistorica, Landmarks in Photography: Rare Images From the Collection of the Royal Photographic Society by Pam Photogenic Roberts, Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain, Royal Photographic Society Of Great Brit ISBN: 1-57965-169-0 Publisher: Artisan Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: The Finest Book of British Photography!
Comment: Review Summary: This book deserves more than five stars for ravishing reproductions of the finest British photographs drawn for the remarkable collection of The Royal Photographic Society. While more than 70 percent of the collection comes from its members, you will also find outstanding works by many American photographers whose works have been added to the collection. The quality of this book is superb from its essays about the history of photography to discussions of how various methods evolved. If you only plan to own one book of British photography, this is the one to have!

Viewer Caution: The book contains many nude images that would cause the material to exceed what would cause a motion picture to earn an R rating.

Review: The successor to The Royal Photographic Society was founded as The Photographic Society of London in 1853. The Society's collection now contains over 270,000 images dating from 1826 to the present day. This volume contains representative examples of the best of the collection, drawn both from the ranks of the famous and the little known. Some of these photographs are published for the first time in this volume. Although containing works that will delight the most sophisticated, the images are chosen to be appealing to those who know little about photography as well.

The book is organized around photography as portaiture, social documentary, domestic family uses, nature and science applications, artistic images, nudes, fashion, landscapes, architecture, and travel. Each section begins with a superb, easy-to-understand historical perspective on the subject matter that traces the developments and the roles of key photographers.

The pages are very large, and the book's design maximizes the opportunity to create either large images or use lots of white space to show each image at its best. Many of the effects are very subtle, and the reproductions capture these elements well.

Anyone who has always wanted to know the differences among Daguerrotypes, calotypes, albumen prints, wet collodion positives, and platinum prints will find both the introductory essay and the appendix on processes to be invaluable and easy to understand.

Contrary to my usual practice, I will not list my favorite images in the book. I was enthralled with almost all of them! If you are like me, you will find the faces, compositions, and moods of these works to be especially strong.

This is one of the five best photography books it has been my pleasure to read and view.

After you finish enjoying this wonderful look at the past world, imagine how you would want to photograph the future for us all. What images would be in it? Who would be in those images? What stories would they tell? How can you help make all this happen?

Create the illustrated story of your life by imaging it first in your mind!

Rating: 5
Summary: A collection of images selected for their visual impact
Comment: Photohistorica packs in rare photographic images from the collection of the Royal Photographic Society, packing in over three hundred color and duotone photos in all subject areas in a history of the medium. Photohistorica isn't intended to be the usual photographic reference book, but a collection of images selected for their visual impact and long-standing importance. Rare works and unique images abound. Should be an art library's mainstay.