Camera Ottomana : photography and modernity in the Ottoman Empire, 1840-1914 / edited by Zeynep Çelik , Edhem Eldem ; translation, Hande Eagle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Çelik, Zeynep, editor.

Eldem, Edhem, editor.

Eagle, Hande, 1984- translator.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Turkey--History--19th century.

Photography.

Photography--Social aspects--Turkey--History--19th century.

Photography in historiography.

History.

Photography--Social aspects.

Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918--Pictorial works.

Turkey.

Istanbul (Turkey)--History--19th century--Pictorial works.

Istanbul (Turkey).

Istanbul (Turkey)--Social life and customs--19th century--Pictorial works.

Genre:

Pictorial works.

Festschriften.

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

255 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Istanbul : Koç University Press, [2015]

Contents:

Transferring antiquity to ink - ruins from the Americas to Asia Minor and the development of photolithography / Frances Terpak & Peter Bonfitto

The origins and development of photolithography / Bahattin Öztuncay

Powerful images

The dissemination and impact of photography in the Ottoman Empire, 1870-1914 / Edhem Eldem

Photographing mundane modernity / Zeynep Çelik

Notes:

"This book has been published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Camera Ottomana: Photography and Modernity in the Ottoman Empire, 1840-1914', at Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul, April 21-August 19th, 2015"-- Page 3.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-251) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9786055250461

6055250462

OCLC:

910163911