Early Photography in Vietnam
Early Photography in Vietnam is a fascinating and outstanding pictorial record of photography in Vietnam during the century of French rule. In more than 500 photographs, many published here for the first time, the volume records Vietnam’s capture and occupation by the French, the wide-ranging ethnicities and cultures of Vietnam, the country’s fierce resistance to foreign rule, leading to the reassertion of its own identity and subsequent independence. This benchmark volume also includes a chronology of photography (1845–1954), an index of more than 240 photographers and studios in the same period, appendixes focusing on postcards, royal photographic portraits, Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, as well as a select bibliography and list of illustrations.
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Early Photography in Vietnam
Early Photography in Vietnam is a fascinating and outstanding pictorial record of photography in Vietnam during the century of French rule. In more than 500 photographs, many published here for the first time, the volume records Vietnam’s capture and occupation by the French, the wide-ranging ethnicities and cultures of Vietnam, the country’s fierce resistance to foreign rule, leading to the reassertion of its own identity and subsequent independence. This benchmark volume also includes a chronology of photography (1845–1954), an index of more than 240 photographers and studios in the same period, appendixes focusing on postcards, royal photographic portraits, Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, as well as a select bibliography and list of illustrations.
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Early Photography in Vietnam

Early Photography in Vietnam

by Terry Bennett
Early Photography in Vietnam
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Early Photography in Vietnam

Early Photography in Vietnam

by Terry Bennett

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Early Photography in Vietnam is a fascinating and outstanding pictorial record of photography in Vietnam during the century of French rule. In more than 500 photographs, many published here for the first time, the volume records Vietnam’s capture and occupation by the French, the wide-ranging ethnicities and cultures of Vietnam, the country’s fierce resistance to foreign rule, leading to the reassertion of its own identity and subsequent independence. This benchmark volume also includes a chronology of photography (1845–1954), an index of more than 240 photographers and studios in the same period, appendixes focusing on postcards, royal photographic portraits, Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, as well as a select bibliography and list of illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912961047
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/30/2020
Edition description: 1
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Colonization and the Camera, Chapter 1 The Earliest Photographs of Vietnam and the Vietnamese, Chapter 2 Commercial Studios (1860s-1870s), Chapter 3 Émile Gsell (1838–1879):Celebrated Photographer of Nineteenth-Century Vietnam, Chapter 4 Commercial Studios (1880s-1890s), Chapter 5 Charles-Édouard Hocquard (1853–1911): Photographer of the 1884-5 SinoFrench War Chapter 6 Selection of Twentieth-Century Photographers, Chronology of Photography in Vietnam (1845-1954), Appendix 1 Index of Photographers and Studios in Vietnam (1845-1954), Appendix 2 Number Lists: Raphael Moreau and Émile Gsell, Appendix 3 Postcards, Appendix 4 Royal Photographic Portraits, Appendix 5 Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Cards, Appendix 6 1863 Vietnamese Embassy to France, Photographic Terms, Select Bibliography
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