Photos and Phantasms
Subtitle: Harry Johnston's photographs of the Caribbean.
Contributors: Rogers, Brett.; Williams, Sean.
Publisher: British Council; Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 63
Subjects: Johnston, Harry Hamilton, Sir, 1858-1927 -- Photograph collections -- Exhibitions.; Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) -- Exhibitions.; West Indies -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.; Pictorial works
Description: Photos and Phantasms is the catalogue accompanying an exhibition of the same name. The  exhibition comprised photographs reproduced from British Colonial  Sir Harry Johnston's archive held at the Royal Geographical Society in London. In 1908 Harry Johnston, a British geographer, was asked by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to research the condition of Negroes in the Americas. Johnston's visit to the region resulted in a book titled Negro in the New World, published in 1911. Almost 90 years after Johnston toured the Caribbean with his companion Arthur Greaves, his photographs were exhibited in those islands where they were first taken.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).
"Exhibition curated by Petrine Archer- Straw and organised by Joanna Scadden (RGS) Brett Rogers and Sean Williams (British Council"--t.p. verso.
Errata slip inserted.