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Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific Photography 1840s-1940s
Picture Paradise chronicles the transmission and adoption of new developments in photography from Europe to the Asia-Pacific region. It is the first survey of the early photography from this diverse region covering India and Sri Lanka, Southeast and East Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, to the West Coast of North America. It includes pioneer local photographers as well as European photographers working in the region and reveals the rich heritage and the many outstanding achievements of the first century of photography in the Asia-Pacific region.
Picture Paradise features over seventy photographs and albums ranging from gem-like daguerreotype portraits through to the revolution in the mass production of views and portraits on paper made possible by the wet-plate and dry-plate glass negative-positive process, and on to the modern era of small format film cameras and photojournalism.
Picture Paradise features over seventy photographs and albums ranging from gem-like daguerreotype portraits through to the revolution in the mass production of views and portraits on paper made possible by the wet-plate and dry-plate glass negative-positive process, and on to the modern era of small format film cameras and photojournalism.
88 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
About the author
Gael Newton
16 booksGael Newton is the Senior Curator of Australian and International Photography at the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra.
From 1974 to 1985 Newton was the foundation curator of photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Newton then moved to Canberra and from 1985 to 1988, was the visiting curator for the Bicentennial Photography Project at the NGA.
During this period she researched and mounted the 900 work exhibition Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, and published the major Australian reference book in association with the exhibition. She also held the position of Curator of Australian Photography at the NGA before the current position.
Newton has curated many exhibitions - both historical and contemporary. More recently Newton has overseen the establishment of a new significant collection within the National Gallery. This resulted in the landmark survey exhibition in late 2008, Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s.
Newton is the author of the standard reference work on the history of Australian photography, Shades Of Light: Photography And Australia 1838-1988 and monographs on several Australian photographers: Harold Cazneaux, Max Dupain, John Kauffmann and Tracey Moffatt. She also wrote Silver And Grey: Fifty Years Of Australian Photography 1900–1950. Newton is a regular contributor to magazines and collections of essays.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gael_Newton)
From 1974 to 1985 Newton was the foundation curator of photography at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Newton then moved to Canberra and from 1985 to 1988, was the visiting curator for the Bicentennial Photography Project at the NGA.
During this period she researched and mounted the 900 work exhibition Shades of Light: Photography and Australia 1839-1988, and published the major Australian reference book in association with the exhibition. She also held the position of Curator of Australian Photography at the NGA before the current position.
Newton has curated many exhibitions - both historical and contemporary. More recently Newton has overseen the establishment of a new significant collection within the National Gallery. This resulted in the landmark survey exhibition in late 2008, Picture Paradise: Asia-Pacific photography 1840s-1940s.
Newton is the author of the standard reference work on the history of Australian photography, Shades Of Light: Photography And Australia 1838-1988 and monographs on several Australian photographers: Harold Cazneaux, Max Dupain, John Kauffmann and Tracey Moffatt. She also wrote Silver And Grey: Fifty Years Of Australian Photography 1900–1950. Newton is a regular contributor to magazines and collections of essays.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gael_Newton)
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September 27, 2008
This book is a compilation of photographs currently on exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. It is an astounding collection of rare photos, offering intimate glimpses into people and places of a time long ago. It was the highlight of the museum!
April 20, 2013
interesting book and premise, fantastic reproductions. a different look at the history of photography. been in contact with Gael Newton about a show she is organizing on photography in Indonesia - can't wait to see this show and publication!
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