El papel en los inicios de la fotografía

The study of paper in relation to photography has been addressed until now considering the technical aspects of the conservation and restoration of these materials as photographic support. In this article we propose a different, more historicist point of view, offering some brushstrokes on the types of paper that were used during the beginnings of photography, describing the main factories, brands and types of paper, and also the different roles played by the paper in its association with photography. We will study the paper as primary, secondary and tertiary support of photography, as well as the different formats in paper and cardboard used in this medium during its first decades of existence.