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SHADES OF LIGHT

Based on text from the original book:
Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988
Gael Newton, 1988 Australian National Gallery

table of contents

Introduction  A Global Picture

1    The Speed of Light

2    Brief Candles

3    Extending the Franchise

4    Private Albums and Public Views

5    Consolidation

6    Expeditions, Excursions and Expositions

7    Personal and Pictorial

8    Amateurs and the Portrait and Views Trade in 1890s - 1920s

9    The Salons 1900 - 1920s

10   Icelands to Wastelands

11   Live in the Year 1929 (Pictorialism and Modernism)

12    Commerce and Commitment

13    Photographic Illustrators

14    Contemporary Photographic Practices

Appendix:    Natural Colour Photography in Australia 1895 - 1960

Glossaries: Plate sizes, abbreviations and Photographic Processes

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