William Henry Pigou
Fotograf
Lebensdaten[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
(1817 - 1858)
Werdegang[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
ab 1854 Mitglied der Bombay Photographic Society
1856 offizieller Fotograf der Regierung zur Dokumentation historischer Monumente
"Using large format paper negatives (up top 16" × 12"), post-waxed, Pigou’s work was, with a few publicly criticised exceptions, precise, architecturally accurate, and usually photographed under oblique lighting conditions selected to reveal the intricate sculptured facades which decorated many of these monuments." [1]
Literatur[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Photography and Architecture, 1839-1939, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Verlag: Canadian Centre for Architecture, 1982, ISBN 10: 0935112073ISBN 13: 9780935112078
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
Quelle[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
