The indigenous lens? : early photography in the Near and Middle East /

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Imprint:Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018]
©2018
Description:1 online resource (372 pages) : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, portraits
Language:English
Series:Studies in theory and history of photography ; vol. 8
Studies in theory and history of photography ; v. 8.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13455324
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Varying Form of Title:Early photography in the Near and Middle East
Other authors / contributors:Ritter, Markus, 1967- editor, author.
Scheiwiller, Staci Gem, editor, author.
Eldem, Edhem, author.
Ṭahmāsbʹpūr, Muḥammad Riz̤ā, author.
Shaykh, Riz̤ā, author, translator.
Helbig, Elahe, author.
Sui, Claude W., author.
Shaw, Wendy M. K., 1970- author.
Pérez González, Carmen, 1969- author.
Akcan, Esra, author.
Baleva, Martina, author.
Sheehi, Stephen, 1967- author.
Sattārī, Muḥammad, author.
Nameghi, Khadijeh Mohammadi, author.
Nabipour, Alireza, author.
Stein, Donna, author.
ISBN:9783110588873
3110588870
3110590875
9783110590876
3110491354
9783110491357
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: Indigenous lens? Berlin : De Gruyter, [2018] 9783110491357
Standard no.:9783110491357