Imaging the Arctic
By: edited by J.C.H. King and Henrietta Lidchi.
Contributors: King, J. C. H.; Lidchi, Henrietta.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Seattle
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Photography -- Arctic regions.; Arctic peoples -- Pictorial works.
Description: Photographers have been bringing images of the Arctic to a fascinated public since the nineteenth century. Imaging the Arctic is the first general account of the photography of the indigenous peoples of the North American Arctic. Bringing together native and non-native photographers, archivists and anthropologists, this volume explores both the aesthetics and the content of Arctic photographs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-250) and index.
Chiefly essays first presented at a conference held at the Museum of Mankind, London, April 1996.