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Picturing place : photography and the geographical imagination / edited by Joan Schwartz and James Ryan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : I.B. Tauris, 2002.Description: 354 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1860647529
  • 9781860647529
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 712 SCH
Contents:
La mission heliographique: srchitectural photography, collective memory and the patrimony of France, 1851 -- Retracing the outlines of Rome: intertextuality and imaginative geographies in nineteenth-century photographs -- Visualizing eternity: photographic constructions of the Grand Canyon -- Family as place: family photograph albums and the domestication of public and private space -- Picturing nations: landscape photography and national identity in Britain and Germany in the mid-nineteenth century -- Capturing and losing the \'lie of the land\': railway photography and colonial nationalism in early twentieth-century South Africa -- Constructing the state, managing the corporation, transforming the individual: photography, immigration and the Canadian National Railways, 1925-30 -- Emperors of the gaze: photographic practices and productions of space in Egypt, 1839-1914 -- Mapping a sacred geography: photographic surveys by the Royal Engineers in the Holy Land, 1864-68 -- Home and empire: photographs of British families in the Lucknow album, 1856-57 -- Negotiating spaces: some photographic incidents in the Western Pacific, 1883-84 -- Wunderkammer to World Wide Web: picturing place in the post-photographic era.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 712 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100411017

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The advent of photography opened up new worlds to 19th century viewers, who were able to visualize themselves and the world beyond in unprecedented detail. But the emphasis on the photography's objectivity masked the subjectivity inherent in deciding what to record, from what angle and when. This text examines this inherent subjectivity. Drawing on photographs that come from personal albums, corporate archives, commercial photographers, government reports and which were produced as art, as record, as data, the work shows how the photography shaped and was shaped by geographical concerns.

La mission heliographique: srchitectural photography, collective memory and the patrimony of France, 1851 -- Retracing the outlines of Rome: intertextuality and imaginative geographies in nineteenth-century photographs -- Visualizing eternity: photographic constructions of the Grand Canyon -- Family as place: family photograph albums and the domestication of public and private space -- Picturing nations: landscape photography and national identity in Britain and Germany in the mid-nineteenth century -- Capturing and losing the \'lie of the land\': railway photography and colonial nationalism in early twentieth-century South Africa -- Constructing the state, managing the corporation, transforming the individual: photography, immigration and the Canadian National Railways, 1925-30 -- Emperors of the gaze: photographic practices and productions of space in Egypt, 1839-1914 -- Mapping a sacred geography: photographic surveys by the Royal Engineers in the Holy Land, 1864-68 -- Home and empire: photographs of British families in the Lucknow album, 1856-57 -- Negotiating spaces: some photographic incidents in the Western Pacific, 1883-84 -- Wunderkammer to World Wide Web: picturing place in the post-photographic era.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part I Producing Place
  • La Mission Heacute;liographique: Architectural Photography, Collective Memory, and the Patrimony of France 1851--
  • Retracing the Outlines of Rome: Intertextuality and Imaginative Geographies in 19th-Century Photographs--
  • Visualizing Eternity: Photographic Constructions of the Grand Canyon--
  • Family as Place: Family Photograph Albums and the Domestication of Public and Private Space--
  • Part II Framing the Nation
  • Picturing Nations: Landscape Photography and National Identity in Britain and Germany in the Mid-19th Century--
  • Capturing and Losing the "Lie of the Land": Railway Photography and Colonial Nationalism in Early-20th-Century South Africa--
  • Constructing the State, Managing the Corporation, Transforming the Individual: Photography, Imagination, and the Canadian National Railways, 1925-1930--
  • Part III Colonial Encounters
  • Emperors of the Gaze: Photographic Practices and Productions of Space in Egypt, 1839-1914--
  • Mapping a Sacred Geography: Photographic Surveys by the Royal Engineers in the Hold Land, 1864-1868--
  • Home and Empire: Photographs of British Families in theLucknow Album, 1856-1857--
  • Negotiating Spaces: Some Photographic Ideas in the Western Pacific, 1883-1884--
  • Epilogue: Wunderkammer to World Wide Web: Picturing Place in the Post-Photographic Era--

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Joan M. Schwartz is Senior Photography Specialist at the National Archives of Canada, Ottawa. James R. Ryan is Lecturer in Human Geography at The Queen's University, Belfast.

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