ABSTRACT
The advent of photography opened up new worlds to 19th century viewers, who were able to visualize themselves and the world beyond in unprecedented detail. But the emphasis on the photography's objectivity masked the subjectivity inherent in deciding what to record, from what angle and when. This text examines this inherent subjectivity. Drawing on photographs that come from personal albums, corporate archives, commercial photographers, government reports and which were produced as art, as record, as data, the work shows how the photography shaped and was shaped by geographical concerns.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|96 pages
Picturing Place
part II|77 pages
Framing the Nation
part III|87 pages
Colonial Encounters
chapter Eleven|19 pages
Negotiating Spaces: Some Photographic Incidents in the Western Pacific, 1883–84
part |24 pages
Epilogue