Photographt and Modernity İn The Ottoman Empire 1840 - 1914
From its birth in 1839, photography has participated in modernity as much as it has symbolized it. Its capacity to record and display and its claim to accuracy and truth intricately linked the new technology to the dynamism of the modern world. The Ottoman Empire embraced photography with great enthusiasm. In fact, the impact and meaning of photography were compounded with the thrust of modernization and westernization of the Tanzimat movement. By the turn of the century, photography in the Ottoman lands had become a standard feature of everyday life, of public media, and of the state apparatus. This volume explores some of the most striking aspects of the close connection between photography and modernity with a particular focus on the Ottoman Empire. Much of the material concerns the display of modernity through photography, as was so often the case in the photographs and albums commissioned by the Sultan to showcase his empire for Western audiences. Nevertheless, modernity was often embedded in the photographic act, transforming it into a common and mundane practice. Be it in the form of images disseminated through the illustrated press, postcards sent out to family members or anonymous collectors, portraits presented to friends and acquaintances, or pictures taken of employees and convicts, photography had started to invade practically every sphere of public and private life. The visual world we live in today was born some 150 years ago. Camera Ottomana is both a homage to, and a critical assessment of, the local dimension of one of the most potent and transformative technological inventions of the recent past.
Detay Bilgileri
Dil
İngilizce
Basım Tarihi
2015
Yazar
Zeynep Çelik, Edhem Eldem
Sayfa Sayısı
256
Kağıt
2. Hamur Kağıt
Kapak
Sert Kapak
Basım Yeri
İstanbul
Baskı Sayısı
1
Çevirmen
Ayşen Gür
Ebatlar (YxG)
17x24 cm
Isbn No
9786055250461
Yazarlar:Zeynep Çelik, Bahattin Öztuncay, Edhem Eldem, Frances Terpak, Peter Louis Bonfitto Derleyen: Zeynep Çelik Redaksiyon: Betül Kadıoğlu Derleyen: Edhem Eldem Çeviri: Ayşen Gür
