{"product_id":"lewis-carroll-photographer-roger-taylor-9780691074436","title":"Lewis Carroll, Photographer: The Princeton University Library Albums","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong before he published \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (\"Lewis Carroll\" to the world) took up photography as a hobby. Unlike most of the other amateurs in his circle, he persevered to become a dedicated, prolific, and remarkably gifted photographer, creating approximately 3,000 images during his twenty-five years of photographic activity. This handsomely designed volume makes clear the remarkable extent and complexity of Carroll's photographic art. It publishes for the first time the world's finest and most extensive collection of Carroll photographs, many of which have never been reproduced before and are unknown even to committed Carroll enthusiasts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Roger Taylor's thorough and sophisticated discussion of Carroll as a photographic artist and as a prominent member of Victorian society reveals the man as never before, illuminating his relationships with the children he photographed in light of the idealism and social conventions of the day. This text, illustrated with exquisite tritone plates, is followed by Edward Wakeling's fully illustrated and thoroughly annotated catalogue of the entire Princeton University Library collection. It features, in addition to a trove of loose prints, four rare albums made by Carroll himself to showcase his work to friends, family, and potential sitters. Reproduced in album order, these images offer new insight into how Carroll thought about his work--and how he wanted it to be seen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Compelling portraits of Alice Liddell and other children are presented alongside those of eminent Victorians such as Alfred Tennyson and William Holman Hunt, as well as evocative landscapes, narrative tableaux, and wonderfully strange studies of anatomical skeletons. The catalogue is followed by a chronological register of every known Carroll photograph--a remarkable resource for anyone studying his career as a photographer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This sumptuous volume is the definitive work on Carroll's photography. All who admire Carroll and his writing, as well as everyone interested in Victorian England or the history of photography, will find it both essential and irresistible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Taylor, Edward Wakeling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691074437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691074436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.08h x 10.20w x 1.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/08\/2002 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 64 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Roger Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43992280301823,"sku":"9780691074436","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2bfeffb0-557e-42b2-8fcf-d2e3204b9e2a.jpg?v=1683315126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lewis-carroll-photographer-roger-taylor-9780691074436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}