The Story Of The Camera In Australia
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; some marks and specks on the board; 76 pages of plates intact
From the earliest daguerreotypes of the colonial frontier to the sophisticated studios of a modernising nation, The Story of The Camera in Australia chronicles the remarkable evolution of photography on Australian shores. Jack Cato, a distinguished Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, presents a meticulous and passionate account of how the camera arrived, took root, and transformed the way Australians saw themselves and their vast, sunburned continent — tracing the pioneering photographers who lugged their cumbersome equipment into the bush, the goldfields, and the bustling colonial cities. Cato writes with the authority of a practitioner and the eye of a historian, illuminating the intertwined stories of technology, artistry, and national identity that shaped Australian visual culture. His narrative illustrates how photography was never merely a mechanical process in Australia, but a profound social force that documented the lives of settlers, Indigenous peoples, politicians, and bushrangers alike. Rich with anecdote, archival insight, and technical detail, this volume stands as an indispensable record for anyone curious about how a young nation learned to look at itself through a lens — and what it chose to remember.
Author: Jack Cato
Format: Hardback
Published: 1955, Georgian House Melbourne
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: price clipped dj; some marks and specks on the board; 76 pages of plates intact
From the earliest daguerreotypes of the colonial frontier to the sophisticated studios of a modernising nation, The Story of The Camera in Australia chronicles the remarkable evolution of photography on Australian shores. Jack Cato, a distinguished Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, presents a meticulous and passionate account of how the camera arrived, took root, and transformed the way Australians saw themselves and their vast, sunburned continent — tracing the pioneering photographers who lugged their cumbersome equipment into the bush, the goldfields, and the bustling colonial cities. Cato writes with the authority of a practitioner and the eye of a historian, illuminating the intertwined stories of technology, artistry, and national identity that shaped Australian visual culture. His narrative illustrates how photography was never merely a mechanical process in Australia, but a profound social force that documented the lives of settlers, Indigenous peoples, politicians, and bushrangers alike. Rich with anecdote, archival insight, and technical detail, this volume stands as an indispensable record for anyone curious about how a young nation learned to look at itself through a lens — and what it chose to remember.