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This 4 page paper looks at the role of photography in the service of British Empire discussing the value and support given by the visualization of the British Empire. The paper looks at the general concepts and also some specific examples of Victorian photography. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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was room for misinterpretation and the imagination to add or detract, with the advent of the photograph it was possible to see the reality of a place reflected in a
true image. This was an event that did not change the world, but changed the way it was seen. The change has been gradual, starting in earnest when
in 1838 photography become accessible to the public (Leggat, 1992). The popularity of the photograph was reflected in the growth of photographic shops, in the 1840;s only a few existed
on London but by 1855 there were 66, and in 1857 this had increased to 147. However the technology had already been available and if we look at the
use of photographs we can see it supported and enhanced the idea of the British Empire though the different uses. The concept of the photograph at the time was that
of an objective record of reality however Ryan (1997) argues that the photographs " reveal as much about the imaginative landscapes of imperial culture as they do about the physical
spaces or peoples pictured within their frame." They are, that is, "themselves expressions of the knowledge and power that shaped the reality of Empire" (pp. 19- 20). The second wave
of the British Empire expansion and the development of photography coincided, and as a new technology the development was embraced and aided with explication. Surveying mapping and even military uses
(Ryan, 1997). There was also an increasing awareness of the world around and for many in the home nation there was the desire to see and feel what the distant
shores would be like. This also helped increase the rise of nationalism. Scientists, such as anthropologists and naturalists,; popular studies of the time, also saw the benefit of the camera
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