Disillusioned : Victorian Photography and the Discerning Subject / / Jordan Bear

• Autore: Bear Jordan
• Pubblicazione: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , 2015; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2021; ©2015
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 198 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 771
• Soggetto topico: Trick photography; Photography; Trick photography - Great Britain - History - 19th century; Photography - Great Britain - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: History
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disillusioned
• ISBN: 9780271089287; 0271089288; 9780271089263; 0271089261
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910957243003321
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