Intersections: Photography, history, and the national library of Australia
National Library of Australia, $59.95 pb, 286 pp
Delightful and disorientating
Photography was introduced to Australia in the 1840s, with the first photograph being taken in May 1841, in Sydney. Since then, photographic images, in all their permutations (including the more recent digital images), have become ubiquitous and indispensable parts of our daily lives. Family snapshots, holiday mementoes, news and sporting images, advertisements, book illustrations and passport photographs contribute to the phenomenal quantity of photographs in existence.
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Intersections: Photography, history, and the national library of Australia
by Helen Ennis
National Library of Australia, $59.95 pb, 286 pp
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