1st Edition
Making Culture Visible The Public Display of Photography at Fairs, Expositions and Exhibitions in the United States, 1847-1900
By Julie K. Brown
Copyright 2001
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 2001. Making Culture Visible provides a fresh focus on the history of nineteenth-century photography. The narrative moves from a close focus on several selected events between 1847 and 1900, beginning with six industrial fairs of the 1840s-1860s to the looming presence of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in the mid-1870s. The last two chapters deal with the exhibition... Read more
Introduction to the Series; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Photograph as Commodity 2. Photographs and the New Culture of Commerce 3. The Paradox of Independence 4. The Image as Tool 5. The Photograph as Cultural Artifact 6. The Photograph as Information; Afterword; Appendix; Selected Bibliography; Index
Biography
Julie K. Brown
