Pinney, Christopher.

The coming of photography in India / Christopher Pinney.

London : British Library, 2008.

x, 166 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 25 cm

Panizzi lectures ; 2006

"Though photography reaches back as far as the sixteenth-century's camera obscura projects, it wasn't until the British colonial period that amateur photographers introduced their technology to the Indian subcontinent. By the end of the nineteenth century, however, India was at the centre of a representational revolution. Was photography in India simply a void, waiting to be filled by pre-existing cultural and historical practice? Or was it disruptive, throwing up new opportunities, prophesying new social formations, and bringing anxieties about formerly secluded events and practices into a newly visible sphere? "The Coming of Photography in India" transcends traditional cultural and technological narratives in order to present a subtle and compelling account of the limits, possibilities, and consequences of photography. Examining technology in order to explain the dynamic incarnation of photographic practice as cure, poison, and prophecy, Pinney presents a bold account which will reward anyone with an interest in India, photography, or the history of the book." "Accompanied by beautiful illustrations and a large number of previously unpublished images, this volume presents a sophisticated account of the 'disturbance' which photography has brought to all our lives."--Jacket

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Photography India History 19th century.
Photography India History 20th century.
Photography Social aspects India History 19th century.
Photography Social aspects India History 20th century.
Portrait photography India.
Photography in ethnology India History.
Photographie Inde Histoire 19e siècle.
Photographie Inde Histoire 20e siècle.
Photographie Aspect social Inde Histoire 19e siècle.
Photographie Aspect social Inde Histoire 20e siècle.
Portraits (Photographie) Inde.
Photographie en ethnologie Inde Histoire.
21.42 history of photographic art.
Fotografía India
Photography.
Photography in ethnology.
Photography Social aspects.
Portrait photography.
Fotografi historia Indien 1900-talet.
Fotografi historia Indien 1800-talet.
Portättfotografi.
India.
Geschichte
Photography Social aspects India

History.

Panizzi lectures ; 2006.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 260851
Cote: BIB 191764
Statut: Disponible