Landscapes of Sri Lanka
early photography in Ceylon
by J. Bautze and Raffael Dedo Gadebusch
Starting in the 1860s, a number of photographic studios established themselves on the island, producing artistically ambitious photographs for an illustrious clientele. Among the most famous photographers from this era were William Louis Henry Skeen, Charles Thomas Scowen, as well as the Hamburg-born photographer Alfred William Amandus Plate, whose studio in the late 19th century expanded into a large-scale commercial enterprise that tried to satisfy the public's hunger for postcard images. The images produced by these photographers played a crucial role in spreading, to the far corners of the British Empire and beyond, the myth of Ceylon as an Arcadia-like tropical island. -- Publisher's blurb.
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Landscapes of Sri Lanka: early photography in Ceylon
2013, SMB Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gesellschaft für Indo-Asiatische Kunst Berlin e.V.
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Kunstsammlungen Süd, Südost- und Zentralasien, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 9 Sept. 2013 to 9 March 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-101).
Text in English and German.
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