| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Contents |
Introduction: the history of photography and the problem of knowledge -- See for yourself : visual discernment and photography's appearance -- Shadowy organization : combination photography, illusion, and conspiracy -- Same time tomorrow : serial photographs and the structure of industrial vision -- Hand in hand : gender and collaboration in Victorian photography -- Signature style : Francis Frith and the rise of corporate photographic authorship -- Indistinct relics : discerning the origins of photography -- The limits of looking : the tiny, distant, and rapid subjects of photography. Conclusion : "normal" photography : the legacy of a history. |
| Summary |
"Examines how photographic trickery in the 1850s and 1860s participated in the fashioning of the modern subject. Integrates images of the Victorian period into a new and expansive interpretive framework by locating specific mechanisms of photographic deception"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Trick photography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Trick photography. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Photography -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Photography. |
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PHOTOGRAPHY / History. |
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Photographie. |
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Histoire culturelle. |
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19e siecle (milieu) |
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Truquage (photographie) |
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Grande-Bretagne. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780271065014 027106501X 9780271065021 0271065028 (DLC) 2014031329 (OCoLC)895500643 |
| ISBN |
9780271089287 (electronic book) |
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0271089288 (electronic book) |
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9780271089263 (electronic book) |
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0271089261 (electronic book) |
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9780271065014 |
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027106501X |
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9780271065021 |
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0271065028 |
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