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Richard Pankhurst and Denis Gérard. Ethiopia Photographed: Historic Photographs of the Country Taken Between 1867 and 1935. New York: Kegan Paul International, 1996. 168 pp. 310 photographs. $93.50. Cloth.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

Z. S. Strother
Z. S. Strother*
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York, New York
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African Studies Review , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , April 1999 , pp. 171 - 173
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1999

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Notes

1. The authors do not discuss their choices for reproduction. It appears that most of the photos were taken from contemporary prints or from published reproductions. They therefore show significant fading, scratching, and spotting. Many people appreciate the aesthetic effect of aging, judging by the marketing of a computer software program that simulates these effects; however, printing from the original negatives (whenever possible) or digital enhancement could provide a significant increase in photographic “information.”

2. Pankhurst, Richard. 1992. “The Political Image: The Impact of the Camera in an Ancient Independent African State,” in Edwards, Elizabeth, ed., Anthropology and Photography, 1860–1920 (New Haven: Yale University Press), 234–41Google Scholar.