Violence of Colonial Photography

This book offers a new account of the development of conflict photography. It explores how the new technology of the camera was used in the British and French empires as a means of controlling subject populations, and how these populations found ways of turning the technology against their oppressors.

About the author

Daniel Foliard is a Professor of Modern History at Université Paris Cité and author of Dislocating the Orient: British Maps and the Making of the Middle East, 1854-1921

Summary

This book offers a new account of the development of conflict photography. It explores how the new technology of the camera was used in the British and French empires as a means of controlling subject populations, and how these populations found ways of turning the technology against their oppressors. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Foliard
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781526163318
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6331-8
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Photography & photographs, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, Photojournalism and documentary photography, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General