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― Michael Patrick Brady, Washington Post
"In this lively history, Burgess, a photo editor and writer, traces the dawn of early photography, a period of restless ingenuity. . . . She recounts feats both scientific and artistic, including Nadar’s shots taken from a giant hot-air balloon, and underwater images captured in cumbersome diving gear. Most striking are some of the hazards that early photographers encountered―in the nineteenth century, their work required handling cyanide fixatives and flash powder that was explosive enough to shatter windows and blow up houses."
― The New Yorker
"[A] clear and fascinating whistlestop history … Burgess has made an old and arcane subject new and thrilling … Her astounding, frequently funny narrative highlights how people have always gone to outrageous lengths to get the perfect shot. And, no doubt, they always will."
― Christian House, The Times
"[A]n entertaining romp through the whirlwind years of early photography. … By tracing how the technology developed, Flashes of Brilliance reminds readers what a marvel photography is."
― Angelina Torre, Wall Street Journal
"A love letter to the power of the photographic image. This beautifully written book, by writer and photo editor Anika Burgess, is a thoughtful, personal and witty meditation on how imagery does much more than just document a scene."
― Felice Frankel, Nature
"A scintillating history that’ll have you looking at photography in a new light."
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] captivating whirlwind tour. … Full of colorful details about the ingenuity of early photographers … [Flashes of Brilliance] is a thrilling history of a medium and its seismic impact."
― Publishers Weekly
"A fascinating immersion among the obsessive rogues, daring experimenters, and fearless pioneers who risked life and limb to bring photography to life. Anika Burgess’s astonishing history dives into the phenomenal photographic breakthroughs that changed our world―and how we see it. You’ll never look at a snapshot the same way again."
― Bianca Bosker, New York Times best-selling author of Get the Picture
"An entertaining, insightful, and informative romp through photography’s early days. Anika Burgess conveys well how the pioneers were by turns inventive, foolhardy, ruggedly stubborn, and visionary. As one who is knowledgeable on the subject, it was delightful for me to learn much that I didn't know."
― Tom Ang, author of Photography: The Definitive Visual History
"Cleverly weaving together photography, art, and science, Anika Burgess reveals not only the challenges that made early photographs look the way they do but also the excitement, uncertainty, creativity, and even the danger of working at the frontiers of visual technology. Beautifully written, like a great work of fiction―except, incredibly, it’s all true."
― Phillip Prodger, author of An Alternative History of Photography
"Anika Burgess has not only an eye for overlooked images but also an ear for the unusual characters and distinctive voices that narrated this history as it unfolded in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her enthusiasm for photography’s surprising stories, and her occasional wry aside from the shores of the twenty-first century, is infectious."
― Kim Beil, author of Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography
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Imported From: United States
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Description:
Review
― Michael Patrick Brady, Washington Post
"In this lively history, Burgess, a photo editor and writer, traces the dawn of early photography, a period of restless ingenuity. . . . She recounts feats both scientific and artistic, including Nadar’s shots taken from a giant hot-air balloon, and underwater images captured in cumbersome diving gear. Most striking are some of the hazards that early photographers encountered―in the nineteenth century, their work required handling cyanide fixatives and flash powder that was explosive enough to shatter windows and blow up houses."
― The New Yorker
"[A] clear and fascinating whistlestop history … Burgess has made an old and arcane subject new and thrilling … Her astounding, frequently funny narrative highlights how people have always gone to outrageous lengths to get the perfect shot. And, no doubt, they always will."
― Christian House, The Times
"[A]n entertaining romp through the whirlwind years of early photography. … By tracing how the technology developed, Flashes of Brilliance reminds readers what a marvel photography is."
― Angelina Torre, Wall Street Journal
"A love letter to the power of the photographic image. This beautifully written book, by writer and photo editor Anika Burgess, is a thoughtful, personal and witty meditation on how imagery does much more than just document a scene."
― Felice Frankel, Nature
"A scintillating history that’ll have you looking at photography in a new light."
― Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"[A] captivating whirlwind tour. … Full of colorful details about the ingenuity of early photographers … [Flashes of Brilliance] is a thrilling history of a medium and its seismic impact."
― Publishers Weekly
"A fascinating immersion among the obsessive rogues, daring experimenters, and fearless pioneers who risked life and limb to bring photography to life. Anika Burgess’s astonishing history dives into the phenomenal photographic breakthroughs that changed our world―and how we see it. You’ll never look at a snapshot the same way again."
― Bianca Bosker, New York Times best-selling author of Get the Picture
"An entertaining, insightful, and informative romp through photography’s early days. Anika Burgess conveys well how the pioneers were by turns inventive, foolhardy, ruggedly stubborn, and visionary. As one who is knowledgeable on the subject, it was delightful for me to learn much that I didn't know."
― Tom Ang, author of Photography: The Definitive Visual History
"Cleverly weaving together photography, art, and science, Anika Burgess reveals not only the challenges that made early photographs look the way they do but also the excitement, uncertainty, creativity, and even the danger of working at the frontiers of visual technology. Beautifully written, like a great work of fiction―except, incredibly, it’s all true."
― Phillip Prodger, author of An Alternative History of Photography
"Anika Burgess has not only an eye for overlooked images but also an ear for the unusual characters and distinctive voices that narrated this history as it unfolded in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Her enthusiasm for photography’s surprising stories, and her occasional wry aside from the shores of the twenty-first century, is infectious."
― Kim Beil, author of Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography
About the Author
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