A Photographic Timeline
2016 - 2017
A series of rubbings document the evolution of the photographic object throughout the medium’s history. The frottage technique obscures the visual information typically desired from photographs while calling forth another kind of surface information that speaks to the care, abuse, ornamentation, and alterations unique to each photograph’s encounter with the world.
Camera Lucida Drawing (Summer Flowers) 1807 – Late 19th Century
Cut Paper Silhouette (Child by Pierre Bottemer), Mid 18th Century – Mid 19th Century
Daguerreotype (Man with Large Bow Tie), 1839 – 1865
Albumen Print (J.A. Bodie, Honesdale, PA, Evans Family), 1850 – 1895
Tintype (Boy in Plaid with Rosy Cheeks), 1855 – 1860s
Salted Paper Print (Lawyer John F Belsterling), 1840 – 1860s
Autochrome (Rug, Eldred S. Bates Studio, 15 W. 28th St., NY), 1907 – 1935
Chromogenic Color Print (Where Dolly Clark Lived), 1960s – 1990s
Stereograph Card (Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls), 1870 – 1920
Photo Booth Strip (1920s County Fair), 1925 – 1990s
35mm Film (People and Places in Ohio), 1910s – Present
Diffusion Transfer (Two of Four Sisters), 1948 – 2008
Kodak Disc (14 Snapshots 1983 Cancun, Mexico Vacation), 1982 – 1999
Digital Image (JPEG Format) (Niepce_Le_Gras.jpg), 1992 – Present
A Photographic Timeline
Crayon Rubbings on Tracing Paper, Overlaid on Archival Photographs, 11" x 14"
2016 - 2017
© Hans Gindlesberger 2026