From site to sight : anthropology, photography, and the power of imagery : a photographic exhibition from the collections of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Department of Anthropology, Harvard University / Melissa Banta and Curtis M. Hinsley, with the assistance of Joan Kathryn O'Donnell.

Main entry:

Banta, Melissa, 1953-

Title & Author:

Publication:

Description:

136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-134) and index.
Photography in the service of anthropology -- Basic photographic processes -- Nineteenth-century visions of the exotic : travel and expeditionary photography -- Presenting and interpreting the museum object : the museum photographer at work -- Biological anthropology : evolution from Daguerreotype to satellite -- Archaeology : intermingling of human past and present through the camera's eye -- Social and cultural anthropology : responses and responsibility in the photographic encounter -- The eyes that look back at us

ISBN:

0873658094 (pbk.)
9780873658096 (pbk.)

Subject:

Ethnologie.
Photographie.
Wissenschaftliche Photographie.
Anthropologie.
Geschichte.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Exhibitions.
Harvard University. Department of Anthropology Exhibitions.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Catalogues.
Harvard University. Department of Anthropology Catalogues.
Harvard University. Department of Anthropology
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Peabody museum of archaeology and ethnology Expositions.
Photography in anthropology Exhibitions.
Photographie en archéologie Expositions.
Photographie en anthropologie Expositions.
Photography in anthropology
Culturele antropologie.
Fotografie.
Photographie ethnographique.

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Hinsley, Curtis M.
O'Donnell, Joan Kathryn.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
Harvard University. Department of Anthropology.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 27986
Call No.: ID EXHCAMBRIDGE(MASS.); ID:88-B13826
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit