Glass Plate Negatives
Sketches on Glass: Clichés-Verre From The NY Public Library
Monumental France: The Photographs of Édouard Baldus
These two exhibitions at the New York Public Library focus on the experimental period after the birth of photography (the 1850s through the 1870s). Film had not yet been invented, but manipulation of glass-plate and paper negatives allowed for plenty of creative leeway and expression by the photographer.
March 7, 2008 - June 28, 2008
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
New York Public Library
Print Gallery (Third Floor)
212.592.7730