The Dagron camera c1865 for taking Stanhope images – courtesy of GEH
Toronto. The PHSC encourages investigation of photographic history in many ways. In late 2012, we announced our first thesis winner from Ryerson (now TMU). The winner, sol Legault (first name all in lower case as requested). Part One of Mr Legault’s excellent thesis was published as “Making the Invisible Visible – Exhibiting Erotic Stanhopes” in issue 38-4. This was followed by Part Two in the following issue (39-1)
If you are not an image collector, or unsure about Stanhopes, follow the links in an earlier post titled “Dancing with mr Stanhope” – heck, read the earlier post anyway!
The photograph at left is a camera used to make the tiny Stanhope images. The photograph, from Mr Legault’s thesis, is courtesy of GEH. The camera name, Dagron, is that of the Frenchman who first saw the potential in John Dancer’s microscopic images. By the way, the name Stanhope refers to the lens used to view the tiny images.
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