Early Photo Pulled from Auction; Origin Scrutinized
By Megan • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)“NEW YORK (AP) — A primitive image believed to be taken decades before what is widely considered to be the dawn of photography has been pulled from an upcoming auction to allow further research as to its authorship.
The image of a leaf was scheduled to be sold at Sotheby’s next Monday, and was listed in the auction catalog as “Photographer Unknown.” But Sotheby’s said research by a leading photo expert had suggested that several early photo experimenters could have made the image, including Thomas Wedgwood, James Watt and Humphry Davy, who worked in the medium decades before what is believed to be the birth of photography in 1839.”
Megan is a creative producer at Wise Elephant.
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