Publication

2017 - de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Language

English

Word Count

93,500 words, Guess

Page Count

374 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783110491357
  • ISBN-103110491354
  • OCLC Control Number1017082455
  • Better World Books9783110491357
  • Open LibraryOL29331258M

Classifications

  • LCCTR113.5
  • LCCTR113.5 .I54 2018

Description

The historiography of early photography has scarcely examined Islamic countries in the Near and Middle East, although the new technique was adopted very quickly there by the 1840s. Which regional, local, and global aspects can be made evident? What role did autochthonous image and art traditions have, and which specific functions did photography meet since its introduction? This collective volume deals with examples from Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and the Arab lands and with the question of local specifics, or an 'indigenous lens'. The contributions broach the issues of regional histories of photography, local photographers, specific themes and practices, and historical collections in these countries. They offer, for the first time in book form, a cross-section through a developing field of the history of photography.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Indigenous Lens: Early Photography in the near and Middle Eastde Gruyter GmbH, Walter2017-01-01

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