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"“An American Sun Shines Brighter;” or, Photography Was (Not) Invented in the United States"

François Brunet 1
1 LARCA UMR 8225 - Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Cultures Anglophones
Abstract : This essay revisits two “constitutive antagonisms” of photography. The first one is the widespread narrative that pits the European invention of photography against the formidable development of the medium in the US. The second antagonism, revolving around the “idea of photography,” concerns the relationship between science and technology, or idea and practice.
Keywords : Photography history Robert Taft United States history
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François Brunet. "“An American Sun Shines Brighter;” or, Photography Was (Not) Invented in the United States". Tanya Sheehan and Andres Zervigon Photography and Its Origins, Routledge, 2014, Photography and Its Origins, 978-0415722902. ⟨hal-01378198⟩

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