Developing animals [electronic resource] : wildlife and early American photography / Matthew Brower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brower, Matthew, 1971-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife photography--United States.

Wildlife photography.

Human-animal relationships--United States--History--19th century.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 p.)

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pictures of animals are now ubiquitous, but the ability to capture animals on film was a significant challenge in the early era of photography. In Developing Animals, Matthew Brower takes us back to the time when Americans started taking pictures of the animal kingdom, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the moment when photography became a mass medium and wildlife photography an increasingly popular genre. Developing Animals compellingly investigates the way photography changed our perception of animals. Brower analyzes how photographers created new ideas about animals as they moved fr

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION: Capturing Animals; CHAPTER 1 A Red Herring: The Animal Body, Representation, and Historicity; CHAPTER 2 Camera Hunting in America; CHAPTER 3 The Photographic Blind; CHAPTER 4 The Appearance of Animals: Abbott Thayer, Theodore Roosevelt, and Concealing-Coloration; CONCLUSION: Developing Animals; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4619-1

0-8166-7496-5

OCLC:

705536042