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Abstract: This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements. (from publisher's website)

Contents: Foreward - Suzanne Sauvage; Chronology - Nathalie Houle; Notman : a visionary photographer - Helene Samson; Notman's Montreal - photographs; The art of photography according to Notman - Helene Samson; Notman's studio as a space of performance - Sarah Parsons; The creative portrait - photographs; With word and image : Notman and the photographcially illustrated book - Joan M. Schwartz; Notman, creator of the first halftone - Christian Vachon; An imaginative geography - photographs; Notman's numbers - Nora Hague; The arrival of the Notman archives at the McCord Museum - Heather McNabb; Bibliography; About the authors

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