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Author Hughes, Damian, author

Title Picturing ecology : photography and the birth of a new science / Damian Hughes
Published Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 491 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Contents 1 Ecological history, visual science and photography -- 2 New Natural Landscapes: Nature tracing its own shape -- 3 Expanding the Field : Making Associations -- 4 Picturing Vegetation : The print cultures of ecology -- 5 Hidden in plain sight : Visual knowledge and ecological method -- 6 Taking to the Field : Exchanging objects/exchanging views -- 7 Conclusion : Ecology and photography as visual field science
Summary This book examines the role of photography and visual culture in the emergence of ecological science between 1895 and 1939. Dr Damian Hughes is an independent researcher and photohistorian with 25 years' experience as a practicing field ecologist.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 18, 2022)
Subject Photography -- History -- 19th century
Photography -- History -- 20th century
Ecology -- History -- 19th century
Ecology -- History -- 20th century
Ecology
Photography
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789811925153
9811925151