Johann Pucher
Slovene priest, scientist, photographer, artist and poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johann Augustin Pucher[2] (Slovene: Janez Avguštin Puhar[3] or Ivan Pucher;[4] August 26, 1814 – August 7, 1864) was a Slovene priest, scientist, photographer, artist, and poet who invented an unusual process for making photographs on glass.
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Johann Pucher | |
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Born | Augustin Johann Pucher[1] August 26, 1814 |
Died | August 7, 1864 Kranj, Slovenia |
Other names | Janez Avguštin Puhar |
Occupation(s) | Priest, inventor, photographer |
Although his were not the first glass photographs,[5][6][note 1] Pucher's process was unique. It was the only 19th-century photography technique that was not based on expensive silver halide chemistry but was still sensitive enough to use in a camera, with exposure times comparable to those of the daguerreotype and calotype. (Other non-silver processes, such as the cyanotype, were practical only for making prints or photograms in direct sunlight.) Modern testing of Pucher's photographs has confirmed their chemically unusual nature.[citation needed] However, his process was never commercialized, and attempts to recreate it based on published information have been unsuccessful.