The Invention of Paradise 1845-1870. Tahiti and the Marquesas. Photographs. Drawings by Anticf 1845/46 and 1847/48.
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161 S. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband. Einband am Rand mit kl. Druckstelle, sonst sehr gut erhalten. - Paul-Emile Miot was a French Marine Officer who was bom in Trinidad in 1827. He was sent to boarding school in Ireland where he learned English, and then sent to the Naval Academy in Paris where he graduated in 1843. He moved up the ranks from the Baltic Sea to Crimea where he earned medals of reconnaissance. He was named Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for taking charge of the Ceres, whose crew had been stricken with yellow fever, and bringing it back to Bordeaux (1853). After a campaign in the Baltic, he found himself under the command of Admiral Cloué in Newfoundland. His first photographic survey covers Newfoundland, its coasts, and fisheries (1857-1862). Commander Cloué, in a letter to M. Mazères, Naval Commander of Newfoundland, describes Miot's work in great detail: "... One of the officers of the Ardent, Ensign Miot, has adopted the practice of photography in his last leave, which you have had the opportunity of examining. I imagine using this science for our exacting work, which up until now seemed only to have an artistic aspect, and I think I have, thanks to the precision and intelligence of Mr. Miot, obtained results which give great hope for the future... Measuring on the photographic prints with a graduated metallic ruler, the distances separating the vertical lines inscribed by various signals, I often obtained concordance, to a minute's precision with the angles taken using the Theodolite'' Cloué describes the technique used by Miot in some detail and, calling it a Daguerrotype, says it has a "lens measuring 0m85 and plates of 0m22 by 0m27. He explains that one needs at least 13 shots to measure the horizon, adding that if the photographic print is sharp enough, the measurement of the vertical distances obtains the horizontal angle ("si l'épreuve photographique est suffisamment nette, la mesure de la distance des verticales donne l'angle horizontal") He also seems to say that the photographic laboratory was installed on board the ship ("Malgré les difficultés que rencontre à bord l'établissement d'un petit laboratoire photographique, M. Miot a pu obtenir des épreuves instantanées d'entrées de ports qui doivent donner des plus grandes espérances au sujet de ce que cet habile officier pourrait produire avec un instrument à objectif puissant, et s'il n'était pas souvent arrêté par une trop faible provision de produits chimiques."). It would be interesting to determine whether Miot did in fact use a more powerful lens in his subsequent work in the Pacific. Miot continued under the command of Cloué and found himself in the Gulf of Mexico (three campaigns between July 1863 and March 1867). Besides distinguishing himself in local naval encounters, he was able to document Veracruz and Tampico in 1865 and 1867 respectively, as well as creating topographical surveys of the coastal areas. When he arrived in the Pacific aboard the Astrie seemingly having taken his orders in the Rio de la Plata, (1868-1871) again under Cloué, he used his skills to document the damage suffered by this ship (in Callao) as well as continuing his study of coastlines and ports. From June 22 to September 1, 1870 the Astrée was in Papeete. After his return, we find Miot successively in the Admiralty in Vincennes (1873) attaining the grade of Ship Captain, then in La Réunion, where he documented the state of Indian workers in the colony. He then took part on the Sané and the Alma in the Tunisian campaign occupying Bizerte and capturing Sfax. His diplomacy was then used in Madagascar to calm the local skirmishes. He was later awarded the grade of Vice- Admiral and then joined the Admiralty Council with his friend Cloué. When he retired in 1891, he became the Curator of the Musée de la Marine in Paris, from which we have his astonishing little book describing the collections of the Museum. His long career included not only a constant stream of missions and campaigns, but an ardent research into the customs and habitats of local peoples from the coasts of Africa to the Arctic Circle to Tahiti. Along with his skills in engineering and commanding of ships, he explored and mastered one of the most revolutionary inventions of the 19th century and one that was to transform not only the arts but also society as a whole, the camera. ISBN 9783000253034 Wir versenden am Tag der Bestellung von Montag bis Freitag. 2008. gebraucht wie neu, 1550g, Internationaler Versand, Selbstabholung und Barzahlung, PayPal, offene Rechnung, Banküberweisung.

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Paul-Emile Miot was a French Marine Officer who was bom in Trinidad in 1827. He was sent to boarding school in Ireland where he learned English, and then sent to the Naval Academy in Paris where he graduated in 1843. He moved up the ranks from the Baltic Sea to Crimea where he earned medals of reconnaissance. He was named Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur for taking charge of the Ceres, whose crew had been stricken with yellow fever, and bringing it back to Bordeaux (1853). After a campaign in the Baltic, he found himself under the command of Admiral Cloué in Newfoundland. His first photographic survey covers Newfoundland, its coasts, and fisheries (1857-1862). Commander Cloué, in a letter to M. Mazères, Naval Commander of Newfoundland, describes Miot's work in great detail: "... One of the officers of the Ardent, Ensign Miot, has adopted the practice of photography in his last leave, which you have had the opportunity of examining. I imagine using this science for our exacting work, which up until now seemed only to have an artistic aspect, and I think I have, thanks to the precision and intelligence of Mr. Miot, obtained results which give great hope for the future... Measuring on the photographic prints with a graduated metallic ruler, the distances separating the vertical lines inscribed by various signals, I often obtained concordance, to a minute's precision with the angles taken using the Theodolite'' Cloué describes the technique used by Miot in some detail and, calling it a Daguerrotype, says it has a "lens measuring 0m85 and plates of 0m22 by 0m27. He explains that one needs at least 13 shots to measure the horizon, adding that if the photographic print is sharp enough, the measurement of the vertical distances obtains the horizontal angle ("si l'épreuve photographique est suffisamment nette, la mesure de la distance des verticales donne l'angle horizontal") He also seems to say that the photographic laboratory was installed on board the ship ("Malgré les difficultés que rencontre à bord l'établissement d'un petit laboratoire photographique, M. Miot a pu obtenir des épreuves instantanées d'entrées de ports qui doivent donner des plus grandes espérances au sujet de ce que cet habile officier pourrait produire avec un instrument à objectif puissant, et s'il n'était pas souvent arrêté par une trop faible provision de produits chimiques."). It would be interesting to determine whether Miot did in fact use a more powerful lens in his subsequent work in the Pacific. Miot continued under the command of Cloué and found himself in the Gulf of Mexico (three campaigns between July 1863 and March 1867). Besides distinguishing himself in local naval encounters, he was able to document Veracruz and Tampico in 1865 and 1867 respectively, as well as creating topographical surveys of the coastal areas. When he arrived in the Pacific aboard the Astrie seemingly having taken his orders in the Rio de la Plata, (1868-1871) again under Cloué, he used his skills to document the damage suffered by this ship (in Callao) as well as continuing his study of coastlines and ports. From June 22 to September 1, 1870 the Astrée was in Papeete. After his return, we find Miot successively in the Admiralty in Vincennes (1873) attaining the grade of Ship Captain, then in La Réunion, where he documented the state of Indian workers in the colony. He then took part on the Sané and the Alma in the Tunisian campaign occupying Bizerte and capturing Sfax. His diplomacy was then used in Madagascar to calm the local skirmishes. He was later awarded the grade of Vice- Admiral and then joined the Admiralty Council with his friend Cloué. When he retired in 1891, he became the Curator of the Musée de la Marine in Paris, from which we have his astonishing little book describing the collections of the Museum. His long career included not only a constant stream of missions and campaigns, but an ardent research into the customs and habitats of local peoples from the coasts of Africa to the Arctic Circle to Tahiti. Along with his skills in engineering and commanding of ships, he explored and mastered one of the most revolutionary inventions of the 19th century and one that was to transform not only the arts but also society as a whole, the camera. Als der Kommandant der französischen Marine Paul-Émile Miot 1869 auf der Astrée nach Ozeanien geschickt wurde, nahm er seine Kameraausrüstung mit an Bord. Die Fotografien, die auf dieser Reise entstanden und die nun in einem Bildband vorliegen, sind nicht nur deshalb einzigartig, weil sie die ersten fotografischen Dokumentationen der Südsee-Völker darstellen. Vor allem die außergewöhnlich aufwendigen Kompositionen der Motive und der besondere, geradezu liebevolle Blick, mit dem Miot seine Porträts inszenierte, machen diese Aufnahmen zu wertvollen Dokumenten der Zeitgeschichte. In seinen Bildern scheint er ein Paradies festhalten zu wollen, wie es sich die westliche Welt des 19. Jahrhunderts vorstellte. In den ikonographischen und durchkomponierten Porträts der Bewohner Tahitis wird dabei besonders der Übergang von der Malerei zur Fotografie deutlich. Der vorliegende Bildband dokumentiert diesen Wandel anhand von Objekten und Zeichnungen verschiedener Künstler, wie zum Beispiel Conway Shipley und Charles-Claude Antiq, die ebenfalls erstmals veröffentlicht werden. Texte der Südsee-Expertin Sydney Picasso und Zitate des Romanciers Herman Melville. Aufwendig gestaltete Halbleinen-Ausgabe mit illustrierten Buch-Vorsätzen, 63 Farbtafeln (4 Klapptafeln mit Panorama-Aufnahmen, 97 Abbildungen in Farbe und 10 in Schwarz-Weiß). - This copy is in a brand-new condition. Das großformatige Exemplar ist (mit zwei geringfügig leichten Druckstellen auf der Einbandrückseite) verlagsfrisch, ungeblättert/unbenutzt und makellos (neuwertig). 2008, Halbleinen, wie neu, 4, 1200g, First and only edition - auf 1000 Exemplare limitierte Auflage, 161, Internationaler Versand, offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Banküberweisung.

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