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“this quotation can in fact be traced to an 1874 book – Les merveilles de la photographie – by the French chemist Gaston Tissandier. Whether myth or hyperbole, the statement certainly encapsulates both the sense of wonder and the professional and creative anxieties expressed by many in the artistic community when they saw a photograph for the first time. Certainly the first broadside in the whole artistic debate over photography’s potential ascendancy over”
― Capturing the Light: A Story of Genius, Rivalry and the Birth of Photography
― Capturing the Light: A Story of Genius, Rivalry and the Birth of Photography
