Publications

Étude d’Après Nature: 19th Century Photographs in Relation to Art

By Ken Jacobson
With an essay by Anthony Hamber

Étude d’Après Nature studies the relationship between 19th century photography and the art world. It is the first work to look in depth at the group of photographers who specialised in artists’ studies in the 19th century. These photographers worked during the period in which Impressionism flourished.

The Lovely Sea-View... Which All London is now Wondering At

A Study of the Marine Photographs Published by Gustave Le Gray, 1856-1858
By Ken Jacobson

This work examines one of the most celebrated series of images in 19th century photography.

Odalisques & Arabesques: Orientalist Photography 1839-1925

By Ken Jacobson

This book represents the most comprehensive survey to date of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography of both North Africa and the Middle East.