Camera orientalis : reflections on photography of the Middle East / Ali Behdad.
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TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2016Description: 224 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226356402 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Photography -- Middle East -- History -- 19th century | Photography -- Political aspects -- Middle East | Orientalism in artDDC classification: 770.9'56 Summary: In the decades after its invention in 1839, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light - making the region one of the original sites for the practice of photography. A pioneering study of this intertwined history, this book traces the Middle East's influences on photography's evolution, as well as photography's effect on Europe's view of 'the Orient'.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In the decades after its invention in 1839, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light - making the region one of the original sites for the practice of photography. A pioneering study of this intertwined history, this book traces the Middle East's influences on photography's evolution, as well as photography's effect on Europe's view of 'the Orient'.
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