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Sadan, Mandy (2014) 'The Historical Visual Economy of Photography in Burma.' Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, 170 (2-3). pp. 281-312.

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Abstract

This paper presents an outline of the development of photography in Burma from the early colonial period to the end of the 1980s. It explores the relationship between early studios and the training of Burma-born photographers, the expansion of the photographic economy in the 1950s, and the challenges created by nationalisation after 1963. Using extensive interviews with local photographers and archival materials, it explores innovations around photography in the longer term. In doing so, it argues that recent developments using digital media are part of a much longer tradition of local technical innovation than is usually considered the case.

Item Type: Journal Article
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of History, Religions & Philosophies > Department of History
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of South East Asia
Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of History
ISSN: 00062294
Copyright Statement: © Mandy Sadan 2014. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-NC 3.0) License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1163/22134379-17002024
Date Deposited: 28 Aug 2014 11:09
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/18896

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