Catalog - Photographic Worlds: Early Histories

Description

Photographic Worlds: Early Histories is the catalog for the exhibition Opening the World's Album, presented at the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. It offers a fresh exploration of the early days of photography on a global scale, moving beyond the traditional European framework.

Richly illustrated and conceived as a polyphonic narrative, the book brings together contributions from some fifty authors from five continents. It highlights diverse and often little-known photographic practices, tracing the journeys of traveling and local photographers.

From 19th-century Bombay to Madagascar, from South American daguerreotypes to portraits of Australia's Indigenous peoples, the book reveals the diversity of uses and perspectives on the world from the very beginnings of photography.

An essential work that profoundly redefines the history of the medium by situating it within a global and pluralistic perspective.