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Photography and Tibet

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Description for Photography and Tibet Paperback. Series: Exposures. Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 265 x 16. Weight in Grams: 642.
Magnificent and mysterious, Tibet has been a source of fascination for outsiders for centuries, and its grand landscapes and vibrant culture have especially captivated photographers. But the country is both geographically and politically challenging, and access from the outside has never been easy. With this book, Clare Harris offers the first historical survey of photography in Tibet and the Himalayas, telling the intriguing stories of both Tibetans and foreigners who have attempted to document the region's wonders on film. Harris combines extensive research in museums and archives with her own fieldwork in Tibetan communities to present materials that ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Exposures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780236520
SKU
V9781780236520
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About Clare Harris
Clare Harris is professor of visual anthropology in the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, curator for Asian collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, and a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. She is the author of several books, including In the Image of Tibet, also published by Reaktion Books.

Reviews for Photography and Tibet
This expansive, intricate, and virtuosic account offers a radical rethinking of photography's relationship with Tibet. Rejecting orientalist narratives of that relationship, Harris addresses the entangled political and cultural dynamics of the medium, from the colonial period to the twenty-first century, through which Tibetan culture has been understood and understands itself.
Elizabeth Edwards, Photographic History Research Centre, De Monfort University ... Read more

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