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Real/Ideal: Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France 2022 Holiday “Impressively encyclopedicEdited by Karen Hellman With contributions by Sylvie Aubenas, Sarah Freeman, Anne de Mondenard, Karlyn Olvido, and Paul Louis Roubert In the years following the announcement of the invention of photography in 1839, practitioners in France gave shape to this intriguing new medium through experimental printing techniques and innovative compositions. The rich body of work they developed proved foundational to the establishment of early photography, from