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Photography is clearly not a mirror of daily life: that images are constructions is especially obvious in 19th-century studio portrait photography. This book explores how indigenous Iranian photographers constructed their own realities in contrast to how foreign photographers constructed Iranians' realities. Through an in-depth comparative visual analysis of 19th-century Iranian portrait photography and Persian painting, the author arrives at the insight that aesthetic preferences correlate with socio-cultural habits and practices in writing, reading and looking. Subsequently, she advocates for a place in a global history of photography for those unknown, local photo histories (such as the Iranian one) and for the indigenous photographers who produced them.
| Title |
Local portraiture : through the lens of 19th-century Iranian photographers / Carmen Pérez González. |
|---|---|
| Publisher |
Leiden : Leiden University Press |
| Creation Date |
[2012] |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-208). In English occasional phrases in Arabic with English translations. |
| Content |
Visual literacy : the relationship between the direction of writing and composition -- The written image : text and photography -- Pose, gesture and objects held by the sitter -- Arrangement of space -- Interactions between Western and Iranian photography. |
| Series |
Iranian Studies Series |
| Extent |
328 pages : facsimiles, illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) 24 cm. |
| Language |
English Arabic |
| Copyright Date |
©2012 |
| National Library system number |
990035914070205171 |
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