Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Tombeau de Zacharie, 1854, Salted paper print from paper negative, Image: 23.4 x 31.1 cm (9 3/16 x 12 1/4 in.), Photographs, Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872), Salzmann’s photographs were widely considered to be 'the rigorous translation of nature herself,' free of human intervention. A common conception of photography in the mid-nineteenth century, this idea of objectivity held special significance in regard to representations of sites associated with the Bible—including the Tomb of Zechariah, father of Saint John the Baptist
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Jérusalem, Vallée de Josaphat, Tombeau Zacharie, 1854, Salted paper print, paper negative, Image, 23.4 x 31.1 cm, 9 3/16 12 1/4, Photographs, Auguste Salzmann, French, 1824–1872, Salzmann, photographs, widely considered, rigorous translation, nature, free, human intervention, common conception, photography, mid-nineteenth century, idea, objectivity held, special, significance, regard, representations, sites associated, Bible—, Tomb, Zechariah, father, Saint John, Baptist
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