An early album of the world
Subtitle: photographs 1842-1896
By: edited by Christine Barthe
Contributors: Pérez González, Carmen, 1969- contributor; Nassar, Issam, contributor; Geoffroy, Eric, contributor; Louvre Abu Dhabi
Publisher: Kaph Books
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Beyrouth, Liban
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9786148035272
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Photography; History; 21.42 history of photographic art
Other titles: Photographs 1842-1896
Description: This publication puts forward a global and documented vision of the practice of photography in the first decades of the medium, highlighting the key elements and chronological boundaries of the appropriation of photography outside of Europe. The publication also aims to present the work of local photographers and studios, in showing certain?original images? made in a particular region, while also outlining the role played by governments in power in the development and appropriation of this modern medium on a local scale. This publication gives prominence to the works, coming mainly from the Musée du Quai Branly collection, and also the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Musée Guimet. The quality of the approximate 100 reproductions reveal the diversity of photographic objects presented in the exhibition (daguerreotypes, prints, albums, negatives). It also includes bibliographic entries of the photographers represented in the exhibition, entries for works of the exhibition, and a geo-historical chronology.00Exhibition: Louvre Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (25.04.-13.07.2019).
Notes: Published to accompany the exhibition held 25 April - 13 July 2019 at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, featuring photographs from the collections of: Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac's collection; Bibliothèque Nationale de France; Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet; Musée d'Orsay ; La Société de Géographie; La Cité de la Céramique - Sèvres & Limoges.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Forewords --; title: Transporting time  -- Christine Barthe; title: Cameras travelling East: in local hands  -- Carmen Perez Gonzalez; title: A brief history of early photography in the Middle East  -- Issam Nassar; title: Abd el-Kader and the symbolism of the "solar device"  -- Eric Geoffroy; title: Catalogue --; title: Appendixes.