| Series |
Iranian studies series
Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands) ^A1256473
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| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | In English; occasional phrases in Persian with English translations. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013380264 |
| ISBN | 9789400600775 |
| ISBN | 9400600771 |
