Full Description
A fascinating journey through the development of 19th century photography
Early Gaze provides a fascinating insight into the origins and development of photography in nineteenth-century Belgium. At the time, the technology was the wonder of the age. Presenting never-before-published material, the book uncovers hidden stories and perspectives while also revealing a rich array of subjects. It also demonstrates how the ruling class harnessed photography as a potent instrument of identity and control. From intimate portraits to medical experiments, from art photography to the first mugshots, Early Gaze brings together hundreds of unique images to illuminate how the pioneers of the era sought to capture their world with the camera.
With numerous unique photos by François Braga, Joseph Pelizzaro, Guillaume Claine, Joseph Ernest Buschmann, Edmond Fierlants, and others.
Text in English and Dutch.
Contents
8
Foreword
Ann Deckers
10
Introduction
Tamara Berghmans & Ingrid Leonard
14
Photography in Belgium: A Game of Magic and Power
Tamara Berghmans & Ingrid Leonard
184
Photography, Nation-Building and Tourism in Belgium in the Nineteenth Century
Herman Van Goethem
190
Urban Photography in Belgium (1839-1900)
Herman Van Goethem
198
The Colonial Gaze
Bambi Ceuppens
204
Between Art and Craft: Photography in Exhibitions
Steven F. Joseph
210
Photography and Ethics: Behind Every Image Lie Myriad Decisions
Kaat Somers
216
Nineteenth-Century Judicial Photography
Paul Drossens
222
Medical Photography and the Ethics of Publishing
Steven F. Joseph
228
Sakala's Silence: One-Sided Traces of His Life in the Colonial Archive
Lisa Yolanda Lambrechts
234
Revisiting Photographic Heritage: Decolonial and Intersectional Perspectives
Sonia Mutaganzwa
240
Female Pioneers of Belgian Photography
Ingrid Leonard
248
Searching for Missing Images
Pool Andries
254
And Then the Light was Caught: The Oldest Surviving Photos of Belgium
Storm Calle
258
'A Perverse Speciality': A History of Pornographic Photography in Belgium (1860-1914)
Leon Janssens
264
About the Authors
265
Dutch Translations
Nederlandse vertaling
302
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