Publication Date
2012
Publication Place
-
Leiden University Press
Subject
Portrait photography -- Iran -- History -- 19th century.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
328
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Library
University College Dublin Library
Library Asset ID
9789400600775 (e-book), 9400600771 (e-book), 9087281560, 9789087281564, 9789087282837, 9087282834
Record ID
b2991972
Library Location
In collection: Ebook Central Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, In collection: Ebook Central Academic Complete UKI Edition
Date
2012
Sample Text
Photography is clearly not a mirror of daily life: that images are constructions is especially obvious in 19th-century studio portrait photography. This book explores how Indigenous Iranian photographers constructed their own realities in contrast to how foreign photographers constructed Iranians' realities. Through an in-depth comparative visual analysis of 19th-century Iranian portrait photography and Persian painting, the author arrives at the insight that aesthetic preferences correlate with socio-cultural habits and practices in writing, reading and looking. Subsequently, she advocates for a place in a global history of photography for those unknown, local photo histories (such as the Iranian one) and for the Indigenous photographers who produced them.
Bibliyografya
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tür/Biçim
Electronic books.
Seri
Iranian studies series, Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands)
