Essays on each artist's commissioned work along with Grant Mudford's photographs of the artists and the artwork provide a thought-provoking exploration of the potent and surprising ways in which art of the past can inform contemporary art

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Real/Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France 2022 Holiday Essays on each artist's commissionedEdited by Karen Hellman With contributions by Sylvie Aubenas, Sarah Freeman, Anne de Mondenard, Karlyn Olvido, and Paul Louis Roubert In the years following the announcement of the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundational to the establishment of early photography, from