Background
Larry John Schaaf was born on October 31, 1947, in Elgin, Illinois, United States.
The University of Texas at Austin
(This 120-page publication Tracings of Light: Sir John Her...)
This 120-page publication Tracings of Light: Sir John Herschel & The Camera Lucida, by photo historian Larry J. Schaaf combines a substantial assessment of the camera lucida as a drawing tool with biographical information on Herschel, his counterparts, and their role in the development of photography.
https://www.amazon.com/Tracings-Light-Herschel-Camera-Lucida/dp/0933286554/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Schaaf&qid=1598513809&sr=8-4
1989
(Drawing on hundreds of Herschel's and Talbot's letters, n...)
Drawing on hundreds of Herschel's and Talbot's letters, notebooks, and diaries, the author chronicles the story of the evolution of photography as express through their works and explores the relationship between the two Englishmen who played a key role in photography's early years. More than 100 reproductions of some of the earliest photographs ever made, in color and multi-colored duotone.
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Shadows-Herschel-Invention-Photography/dp/0300057059/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Schaaf&qid=1598513809&sr=8-2
1992
(William Henry Fox Talbot - a scientist, mathematician, au...)
William Henry Fox Talbot - a scientist, mathematician, author, and artist - is credited with being the inventor of photography as we know it. In mid-1834 he began to experiment with light-sensitive chemistry, and in January 1839 he announced his invention of the photogenic drawing, two weeks after Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre's daguerreotype process debuted in France. Talbot's improved process, the calotype, was introduced in 1840. This invention, which shortened exposure times and facilitated making multiple prints from a single negative, became the basis for photography as it is practiced today. The Getty Museum's collection includes approximately 350 of Talbot's photographs, about 50 of which are reproduced here in full color with commentary on each image. Also included are an introduction to the book and a chronological overview of the artist's life as well as an edited transcript of a colloquium on Talbot's career.
https://www.amazon.com/Focus-William-Talbot-Photographs-Museum/dp/0892366605/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Schaaf&qid=1598513809&sr=8-5
2002
(When photography appeared shortly before 1840, the metal-...)
When photography appeared shortly before 1840, the metal-plate daguerreotype, invented in France, was first to achieve popularity. But the process simultaneously developed in England for capturing an image on a paper negativefrom which many positives could be printedprovided the foundation on which photography would build for the next 150 years. This book presents more than 120 photographs printed from paper negatives or calotypes, most never before published. The entire course of the paper negatives golden age is described, from its laborious invention by William Henry Fox Talbot to competition with French photographers and commercial practitioners.
https://www.amazon.com/Impressed-Light-Photographs-Negatives-Metropolitan/dp/0300124058/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Schaaf&qid=1598513809&sr=8-3
2007
(This publication serves as a primer on the work of Willia...)
This publication serves as a primer on the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, a true interdisciplinary innovator who drew on his knowledge of art, botany, chemistry, and optics to become one of the inventors of photography in 1839.
https://www.amazon.com/William-Henry-Talbot-Promise-Photography/dp/0880390603/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Larry+Schaaf&qid=1598513809&sr=8-1
2017
Larry John Schaaf was born on October 31, 1947, in Elgin, Illinois, United States.
Larry Schaaf received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (1971) and a Master of Arts in Communication (1973) from the University of Texas, Austin.
An assistant professor in the Department of Journalism at the University of Texas, Austin, since 1973, Larry Schaaf was a humanities-research associate at the Gemsheim Collection in 1972. Larry Schaaf won a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend grant in 1978 and a special research grant from the University (of Texas) Research Institute in 1977. He makes an emphasis on the interaction between technology and aesthetics in Britain.
(Drawing on hundreds of Herschel's and Talbot's letters, n...)
1992(This publication serves as a primer on the work of Willia...)
2017(William Henry Fox Talbot - a scientist, mathematician, au...)
2002(When photography appeared shortly before 1840, the metal-...)
2007(This 120-page publication Tracings of Light: Sir John Her...)
1989