Description: From early reports of the invention to its wide application during World War I, photography created anticipation and participation in the modern world. A History of Photography in Canada: Volume 1 captures this phenomenon by looking at hundreds of early photographs and by listening to the chords they struck in the collective imagination.
Brief description: Martha Langford C.M. FRSC is distinguished professor emerita of art history at Concordia University.
Review Quotes: "A History of Photography in Canada represents a masterful and virtuosic assembling of photographs and sources. It is a key starting point in the field of Canadian photographic history." Elizabeth Edwards, De Montfort University