Unseen Siam : early photography 1860-1910 / Joachim K. Bautze ; editor, Narisa Chakrabongse.

Author(s): Chakrabongse, Narisa | Bautze, J. (Joachim)

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Main Title
Unseen Siam : early photography 1860-1910
Author(s)
Bautze, J. (Joachim)
Chakrabongse, Narisa
Publisher
Bangkok : River Books, 2016.
Collation
364 pages : chiefly illustrations (some coloured), portraits (some coloured), facsimiles (some coloured)
29 cm.
Summary
"Unseen Siam : early photography 1860-1910" reproduces many previously unpublished images and is the first extensive English-language overview of early photography in Siam, researched from diverse and extensive source material. It reveals the careers of 15 early photographers who worked in Siam, many of whom became court photographers to the then ruling King of Siam.
ISBN
9786167339665
Dewey Class
959.3034
Language
English
Subject
Thailand -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works
Photography -- Thailand -- History
BRN
7911

Notes

  • Photographers: Abbé Larnaudie, Fedor Jagor, Pierre Rossier, Carl Bismark, Francis Chit, John Thomson, Henry Schüren, Gustave Richard Lambert, Max Martin, William Kennett Loftus, Fritz Schumann, Joaquim António, Robert Lenz, Emil Groote, Kaishu Isonaga.

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