Leon Battista Alberti and The Camera Obscura
About the Origins of Photography in Beaumont Newhall and Helmut Gernsheim
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Camera Obscura, History of Photography, Beaumont Newhal, Helmut Gernsheim, Leon Battista AlbertiAbstract
In the history of photography, there is a scenario of discussion around the first bibliographical sources that mention the camera obscura in the context of the configuration of the story about the origins of this technique. This article aims to expose this debate by analyzing and comparing the histories of photography by Beaumont Newhall (1949 and 2002) and Helmut Gernsheim (1969), where some texts by Leon Battista Alberti are subjects to controversy.Downloads
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