HIST 1095 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Street Photography, Henry Mayhew, Popular Publications
Document Summary
The view from the ground: a city so full of secrets. Documenting and decoding everyday life on the ground. P 141: a city so full of secrets . The tension between panoramic vision of the city and the view from the ground up. In the 19th century emergence of figures that explore and document secret or diversity of the city: street photographers, social observers, social workers, novelists, investigators, journalists: the camera and the city. Photography as a product of modern science: capturing light on chemically treated surfaces. The photo promises a new visual world of realistic representation things as they are . Edgar allan poe: the most extraordinary triumph of modern science. The environment of the city as a dynamic thing. Moving from old paris to new paris. Documenting people using photography to document the variety of human. Marville was not using panoramic photos to document the city: social observation and the city. The flaneur and flaneuse as social observers.
