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Making Light of Everything: Early Photography of the Middle East and Current Photomania

Praising the photographs of Francis Frith, the grocery wholesaler-turned-photographer who undertook three photographic expeditions to the Middle East between 1856 and 1860, an Athenaeum critic wrote: “Mr. Frith, who makes light of everything, brings us the Sun’s opinion of Egypt, which is better tha...

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Published in:	Middle East Studies Association bulletin 1984-12, Vol.18 (2), p.151-174
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