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What is Photography about?

This document discusses the use of photography in colonial India and how it functioned as an agent of cultural dominance for the British. Early British photographers like Samuel Bourne and Felice Beato presented romanticized images of India that depicted landscapes and architecture in ways that supported British control. Their photos were composed and selected to appeal to European tastes and presented an exotic view of India that abstracted the people. More recent photography has focused on accurately port

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GabrielHancu
Language
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