To Photograph Darkness
by Chris Howes
To Photograph Darkness traces the history of underground photography and the techniques used in times past, from the catacombs of Paris to the pyramids of Egypt, from American caves to Cornish tin mines.
The result of a ten-year research project, the book is as concerned with the people as it is with their equipment. Why did they attempt the impossible, how did they obtain their supplies of ruinously expensive magnesium, how did underground photography develop to the point where it affected the world above ground?
This is a highly readable account of the use of artificial light and how flash slowly became the lighting norm. Based on original resources only, this is an important contribution to caving and photographic literature and acknowledged as a primary source. However, it is not a dry telling of fact: there is the immediacy of extensive quotations bringing forgotten eras to life and it remains a highly readable work. It is the companion volume to Images Below.
Hardback, 17.5cm x 25.5cm, 280pp, 160 b&w illustrations. Published price £25; special offer £18.75
ISBN-10: 0-86299-649-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-86299-649-9
This book was published by Alan Sutton Publishing but all stocks are now held by Wild Places Publishing
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