Table of Contents

History and the Evolution of Photography
Introduction: Contemporary thoughts on the History of Photography

The Technical Evolution of Photography in the 19th Century
Introduction of Photographic Equipment, Processes and Definitions of the 19th Century
Photographic Equipment, Processes and Definitions of the 19th Century
Introduction to Biographies
Biographies of Selected Innovators of Photographic Technology from the 19th Century
Selected Photographs from the 19th Century
Evolution of the Photographic Lens in the 19th Century


Advances in Silver Halide Photographic Technology Timeline
1829-2005


Major Themes and Photographers of the 20th Century
Introduction: Practice, Programs, and Practitioners in 20th Century Photography

Photography Practice in the 20th Century
Photography and Art
Photography and Society
Photography and Commerce
Photography in Selected Organizations of the 20th Century
Museums, galleries, and collections
Colleges, workshops, and centers
Photographic Education in the United States
Photography and Publishing in the 20th Century
Newspapers and magazines
Histories, theories, and criticisms
Photographic Practitioners in the 20th Century
African American Photographers
Biographies of Selected Photographers in the 20th Century



Photographic Companies and Applications
Introduction: Photography's Dependence on Equipment

Profiles of Selected Photographic Film and Digital Companies
Adobe
Apple
Canon
Epson
FujiFilm 
Hasselblad
Hewett Packard
Ilford 
Kodak 
Konica Minolta
Lucky Film
Leica/Leitz 
Nikon
Olympus
Polaroid
Sony
Zeiss
 
Overviews of Selected Applications of Photography
Advertising
Catalogue
Commercial
Food
Illustration
Still life.
Architectural Photography
Corporate Photography
Dance and Theater Photography
Freelance Photography
Identification Photography
Industrial Photography
Landscape Photography
Narrative, Documentary, and Editorial Photography
Orb Photography
Panoramic Photography
Photojournalism
Portraiture
Postcard Photography
School Photography
Snap Shot Photography
Sports Photography
Stock Photography
Wedding Photography




Digital Photography
Introduction: Digital, a maturing technology

Digital Archiving
Imaging Systems
Solid State Imaging Sensors
Standards and Imaging Materials
Current Standards for Digital Camera Testing and Characterization
Digital Camera Testing
Image Formation
Colorimetry
Color Spaces, Color Encoding and Image encodings
Color Management
Color Management in the Future
Digital Camera RAW
Digital Image Processing
Metadata and Digital Photography
Spectral Imaging
Creative Applications of Digital Photography, the scan-o-gram
Glossary of Digital Terminology


Advances in Digital Photographic Technology Timeline


Contemporary Issues
Introduction: A different set of questions for a new age

Academic and Pedagogical Issues:
The Impact of Digital Imaging On Photographic Education
Ethical Photojournalism: Its authenticity and impact
The Future of Publishing
100 years from Now
Perception, Evidence, Truth, and Seeing
The Photo Market Place and Contemporary Image Makers
The Photographic Studio of the 21st Century
Photographic Virtual Reality
Potlatch, Auction, and the In-between: Digital Art and Digital Audiences
The Pressure to be Up to Date
Science as Art




Scientific Photography: expanded vision
Introduction: Science and the image

Acoustic Photography
Aerial Photography
Anthropological Photography
Archeological Photography
Astronomical Photography
Autoradiography
Biological
Ballistics photography
Botanical Photography
Cave photography
Chronophotography
Darkfield Illumination
Dental Photography
Electron Imaging
Electron microscopy
Endoscopic Photography
False Color Photography
Fluorescence Photography
Forensic Photography
Geological photography
High Speed Cinematography
High Speed Still Photography
Hologram
Holographic Interferometry
Holography
Hypersensitization
Imaging manipulation
Infrared photography
Kirilian
Medical Imaging(diagnostic)
Medical Photography
Military Photography
Moiré effect
Multispectral Imaging
Nature Photography
Night time and Twilight Photography
Nuclear track recording
Ophthalmic photography
Photogrammetry
Photomacrography, Optical Scanning, and Scientific Close-Up
Photomicrography
Police photography
Pseudocolor
Remote Sensing
Schlieren & shadowgraph photography
Scientific Visualization
Space Photography
Streak & strip Photography
Technical photography
Time Lapse Photography
Underwater Photography


Human Vision


20th Century Photographic Materials and Process Essentials
Introduction: Essential Elements and the Preservation of Key Features of Technology

Silver Halide Materials: General Emulsion Properties
B&W Films and Paper Structures
Developers
Color Photographic Processes
Silver Dye Bleach Photography
Photographic Optics
More on Lenses and Filters
Perspective
Photometry, Radiometry and Measurement
Color Theory
Color Measurement
Lighting and Equipment
Camera History, Types, and Design
Enlargers
Projectors

About the Author

Chairman of the Biomedical Photographic Communications department at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Professor in the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences.

Reviews

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"There is hardly an aspect of photographic practice and equipment that is not covered in this encyclopedia." -- The Picture Professional, Quarterly Magazine of the American Society of Picture Professionals, third issue 2007

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-CHOICE (Nov. 2007)