Empire, Early Photography and Spectacle: The Global Career of Showman Daguerreotypist J.W. Newland

ISBN-13: 9781350130364 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 174 str.

Elisa Decourcy; Martyn Jolly

Opis

James William Newland’s (1810-1857) career as a showman daguerreotypist　​began in the United States but　​expanded into Central and South America, across the Pacific to New Zealand and colonial Australia and onto India.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Americas: Competing photographic practices across shifting political borders  2. The Pacifi c: Photographing Indigenous royalty amid British and French imperial tensions  3. Australia: Daguerrean galleries, dissolving views and visual spectacle  4. India: The heart of empire  5. Britain and India: Brokering new experiences and spaces for photography and performance  Conclusion