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Picturing Place

Photography and the Geographical Imagination

edited by Joan Schwartz & James Ryan

Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Initial publish date
Apr 2003
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781860647529
    Publish Date
    Apr 2003
    List Price
    $45
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781860647512
    Publish Date
    Apr 2003
    List Price
    $121

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The advent of photography opened new worlds to 19th-century viewers, who became able to visualize themselves, their immediate surroundings, their communities, and the world beyond. The geographical imagination-the ability to know the world and situate oneself in space and time-fostered the expectations and applications of photographic technologies, and photographic technologies expresses the form and reach of the geographical imagination. This dialectic is the basis of this collection of intriguing essays, which explore the diverse ways in which the relationship manifested.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Joan Schwartz is Senior Photography Specialist at the National Archives of Canada.

James Ryan is Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography, Queen's University, Belfast.