The photography of Victorian Scotland / Roddy Simpson.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.

Origins of Scottish photography: pioneering activities in St Andrews and Edinburgh -- David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson: the 'partnership of genius' and the first art photography -- Photography for the few: the activities of the enthusiastic and artistic amateurs -- Photography in demand: the work of the increasing number of professional photographers to meet public demand -- Scots abroad: the achievements of Scottish photographers around the world -- Tourists and travellers: images of Scotland produced for the growing tourist market and photographs taken by visitors -- Recording social conditions and industrial change: photographs of what was being lost and what was replacing it -- Photography as art: looking at the images and the arguments -- Populist activity and pictorialism: popular involvement with cheap and mass produced cameras and photographers with artistic aspirations -- Scotland's enduring photographic legacy.

"This authoritative introduction provides a wide-ranging appreciation of early Scottish photography and argues that Scottish photography was in the vanguard of many international trends artistically and technically as it moved from the complex early technology of the specialist to the mass-market"--Cover, page [4].