Pioneering Photographic Work of Hercule Florence

<p>This book delivers an in-depth analysis of Hercule Florence who is virtually unknown despite being among the world’s photographic pioneers. Based on the texts of various manuscripts letters diaries notes and advertisements this book answers numerous questions surrounding Florence’s work including the materials methods and techniques he employed and why it took more than a century for his discovery to come to light. Kossoy’s groundbreaking research establishes Florence’s use of photographie to describe the product of his experiments half a decade before Sir John Herschel recommended photography to Henry Fox Talbot. This book aims to change the fact that despite its cultural and historical importance Florence’s photographic breakthrough remains largely unknown in the English-speaking world.</p>