Picturing place : photography and the geographical imagination / edited by Joan M. Schwartz and James R. Ryan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schwartz, Joan M.

Ryan, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape photography--Social aspects.

Landscape photography.

Landscape photography--History.

Human ecology.

Human geography.

History.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 354 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1860647510

1860647529

OCLC:

48416234