Gabriel Lippmann's Colour Photography: Science, Media, Museums

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2022

Gabriel Lippmann's Colour Photography

Science, Media, Museums

Edited by: Hanin Hannouch

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048554010

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About this book

Physicist Gabriel Lippmann's (1845–1921) photographic process is one of the oldest methods for producing colour photographs. So why do the achievements of this 1908 Nobel laureate remain mostly unknown outside niche circles? Using the centenary of Lippmann’s death as an opportunity to reflect upon his scientific, photographic, and cultural legacy, this book is the first to explore his interferential colour photography. Initially disclosed in 1891, the emergence of this medium is considered here through three shaping forces: science, media, and museums.

A group of international scholars reassess Lippmann’s reception in the history of science, where he is most recognised, by going well beyond his endeavours in France and delving into the complexity of his colour photography as a challenge to various historiographies. Moreover, they analyse colour photographs as optical media, thus pluralising Lippmann photography's ties to art, cultural and imperial history, as well as media archaeology. The contributors also focus on the interferential plate as a material object in need of both preservation and exhibition, one that continues to fascinate contemporary analogue photographers. This volume allows readers to get to know Lippmann, grasp the interdisciplinary complexity of his colourful work, and ultimately expand his place in the history of photography.

Author / Editor information

Hannouch Hanin :

Dr. Hanin Hannouch is Curator for Analog and Digital Media at the Weltmuseum Wien. She has guest-curated the exhibition "Slow Colour Photography" about interferential colour photography at Preus Museum: National Museum of Photography (Norway) and is the guest-editor of the journal PhotoResearcher Nr. 37 "Three-Colour Photography around 1900". She is currently writing her monograph about the history of colour photography in Imperial Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Gabriel Lippmann’s Colour Photography: A Critical Introduction Hanin Hannouch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Part I The Science of Colour Photography and the Colour Photography of Science
1. How Lippmann Froze Light and Passed It around for Others to Taste William R. Alschuler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2. Lippmann’s Interferential Colour Photography: A Juncture between the Histories of Spectroscopy and Photography Klaus Hentschel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
3. Colour Under the Microscope: Santiago Ramón y Cajal Does ‘Histology’ on Lippmann Heliochromes Lazaros C. Triarhou and Manuel Del Cerro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
4. Lost in Description: The Misunderstanding of Frederic Ives (1856–1937) and the Experiments of His Son Herbert (1882–1953) on Lippmann’s Interference Photography Susan Gamble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Part II Media History, Aesthetics, and Culture
5. Lippmann Photography and the Problems of Media Historiography Jens Schröter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
6. Richard Neuhauss’s Stuffed Parrot: Interferential Colour Photography, Taxidermy, and Projection Hanin Hannouch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
7. Brilliant! Enthusiasm for the Aesthetic Qualities of Lippmann’s Interferential Photography Elizabeth Cronin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
8. From Maxwell to Mercury: The Cultural History of Gabriel Lippmann’s Colour Photography Rolf Sachsse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Part III Contemporary Reception and Future Trajectories
9. Materiality, Identification, and Conservation of Lippmann Plates Jens Gold Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
10. Exhibiting Gabriel Lippmann: A Collaborative Challenge Pauline Martin and Carole Sandrin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
11. Modern Lippmann Photog Hans I. Bjelkhagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
12. “It’s not just a picture, it’s a magical object”: Interview with Contemporary Lippmann Photographer Filipe Alves Hanin Hannouch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Afterword: Building Bridges over Standing Waves Nathalie Boulouch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 314
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 24
- Coloured Illustrations: 35
Keywords: Gabriel Lippmann; Colour Photography; Media Archaeology; History of Science; Museum Collections

eBook

Published: June 13, 2022
ISBN: 9789048554010