Photographing Jerusalem

Photographing Jerusalem
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015041733588
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Download or read book Photographing Jerusalem written by Issam Nassar and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the different ways in which Jews, Christians and Muslims have imagined Jerusalem in the past and considers the meanings of 19th-century photographic representations of the city. It illustrates the way in which the city looked through the lens of a camera in the 1800s and investigates the uses of photographic representation while taking a tour of 19th-century Jerusalem sites in more than 100 photographs.


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