: Early photographs in the 1830s and 1840s were notoriously unstable and would often fade into a uniform monochrome when exposed to the very light required to see them.
: Even foundational works like Nicéphore Niépce’s View from the Window at Le Gras have largely disappeared in their original form, existing now mostly through enhanced reproductions that hide their true decay. Conclusion: Why Ephemerality Matters The Night Albums: Visibility and the Ephemeral ...
: His Vanishing Photographs series was designed to darken and become illegible over the course of an exhibition, making their change part of the art. : Early photographs in the 1830s and 1840s
Albers uses several artistic examples to highlight how visibility is often conditional: The Night Albums: Visibility and the Ephemeral ...