Arab Imago
The first history of indigenous photography in the Middle East
The birth of photography coincided with the expansion of European imperialism in the Middle East, and some of the medium''s earliest images are Orientalist pictures taken by Europeans in such places as Cairo and Jerusalem—photographs that have long shaped and distorted the Western visual imagination of the region. But the Middle East ha...
The first history of indigenous photography in the Middle East
The birth of photography coincided with the expansion of European imperialism in the Middle East, and some of the medium''s earliest images are Orientalist pictures taken by Europeans in such places as Cairo and Jerusalem—photographs that have long shaped and distorted the Western visual imagination of the region. But the Middle East ha...
