| Picturing Place: Photography and the Geographical Imagination Contributor(s): Schwartz, Joan (Editor), Ryan, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1860647529 ISBN-13: 9781860647529 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: The advent of photography opened new worlds to 19th-century viewers, who became able to visualize themselves, their immediate surroundings, their communities, and the world beyond. The geographical imagination--the ability to know the world and situate oneself in space and time--fostered the expectations and applications of photographic technologies, and photographic technologies expresses the form and reach of the geographical imagination. This dialectic is the basis of this collection of intriguing essays, which explore the diverse ways in which the relationship manifested. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Photography | Criticism - Art - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 304.23 |
| LCCN: 2003284177 |
| Series: International Library of Human Geography |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.82" W x 9.78" (2.08 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |