04483nam 2200769Ia 450 991045298500332120200520144314.01-283-89080-11-934536-22-910.9783/9781934536223(CKB)2550000000107155(OCoLC)648664638(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576044(SSID)ssj0000736258(PQKBManifestationID)11418260(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736258(PQKBWorkID)10767285(PQKB)11631045(MiAaPQ)EBC3441604(OCoLC)606865503(MdBmJHUP)muse18458(DE-B1597)449229(OCoLC)1002245215(DE-B1597)9781934536223(Au-PeEL)EBL3441604(CaPaEBR)ebr10576044(CaONFJC)MIL420330(OCoLC)932312561(EXLCZ)99255000000010715520020312d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAdventures in photography[electronic resource] expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology /Alessandro Pezzati1st ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropologyc20021 online resource (110 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-931707-41-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [17]) and index.Front matter --Contents --Plates --Foreword --Adventures in Photography --Suggested Readings --Acknowledgments --Index --Map of Museum Sites --Adventures in Photography --Plate 1 - Plate 19 --Plate 20 - Plate 39 --Plate 40 - Plate 63Since 1887 the University Museum has been one of the leading archaeology and anthropology museums in the world and has sponsored field research in every corner of the globe. A key outcome, from its first expedition to Nippur, in modern-day Iraq, through more than 300 expeditions in the past century, to its research in fifteen different countries today, has been a wealth of primary photographs capturing both expeditions and excavations and also images of modern peoples on every inhabited continent of our planet. These vintage photographs, carefully selected from hundreds of thousands, range from mundane record-keeping pictures to glorious aesthetic treats, and they are in demand by international scholars and students and researchers worldwide. One of the most powerful of media to convey information about-and to advance understanding of-foreign peoples and places is photography. Soldiers, missionaries, merchants, and other travelers carried out early anthropological photography in distant lands. Field photography was extremely difficult when the Museum began its research program in the late 1880's, requiring the transport of a complete dark room and other heavy equipment. The Museum's intrepid adventurers sought scientific accuracy, with no artifice that may have obscured the realism of the image. An engaging narrative essay highlighting the Museum's fieldwork explains the contexts of the range of photographs from the Museum's Archives and the role of photography in studying human cultures.Ethnological museums and collectionsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaArchaeological museums and collectionsPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaEthnological expeditionsHistoryPictorial worksArchaeological expeditionsHistoryPictorial worksPhotography in ethnologyPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPhotography in archaeologyPennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaElectronic books.Ethnological museums and collectionsArchaeological museums and collectionsEthnological expeditionsHistoryArchaeological expeditionsHistoryPhotography in ethnologyPhotography in archaeology779/.074/74811Pezzati Alessandro1036967University of Pennsylvania.Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452985003321Adventures in photography2457616UNINA