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At the edge of sight : photography and the unseen / Shawn Michelle Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Shawn Michelle, 1965-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Photography--Social aspects--United States.
- Photography.
- Photography--United States--History.
- Photography, Artistic--History.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Shawn Michelle Smith examines how the advent of photography revolutionized perception, making what was once invisible visible, while also revealing the limitations of what can be seen.
- Contents:
- Race and reproduction in Camera Lucida
- The politics of pictorialism : another look at F. Holland Day
- The space between : Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies
- Preparing the way for the train : Andrew J. Russell
- Chansonetta Stanley Emmons's nostalgic views
- Augustus Washington and the civil contract of photography
- Afterimages : Abu Ghraib.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780822355021
- 0822355027
- 9780822378266
- 0822378264
- OCLC:
- 1144915607
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