Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940s

by Gael Newton

Picture Paradise chronicles the transmission and adoption of new developments in photography from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region. It is the first survey of the early photography from this diverse region covering India and Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, to the West Coast of North America. It includes pioneer local photographers as well as European photographers working in the region...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0642541752
• ISBN13: 9780642541758
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 10.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher