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Camera Orientalis : reflections on photography of the Middle East /

In the decades after its invention in 1839, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Behdad, Ali, 1961- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Photography > Middle East > History > 19th century. Photography > Political aspects > Middle East. Orientalism in art.

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