Ken Jacobson

author

Ken Jacobson is a vintage photography dealer and photo-historian who specializes in 19th-century photography. His research interests shifted from biochemistry to the history of photography, leading him to write extensively on various nineteenth-century photographers and photographic processes. He has authored several works on historical photographs, including studies on daguerreotypes and their relation to art. He often collaborates with Jenny Jacobson as an editor and advisor.[1,2]

  • 19th-century photography
  • daguerreotypes
  • photographic history
  • art and photography

Books

Works by Ken Jacobson

  • 1996 Etude d'Apres Nature: 19th Century Photographs in Relation to Art Ken & Jenny Jacobson · book · English · ISBN 0952755009 Essays by Ken Jacobson and Anthony Hamber; catalogue entries by Ken Jacobson.
  • 2015 Carrying Off the Palaces: John Ruskin's Lost Daguerreotypes Bernard Quaritch · book · English · ISBN 978-0-9563012-7-7

References

  1. Ken & Jenny Jacobson. 1996
  2. Bernard Quaritch. 2015