The Modern Dream of Order Victoria, Photography, and the Social Imagination

• Main Author: Ehninger, Eva
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2025
• Subjects: 19th century; commercial photography; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; Great Britain; History of art; history of photography; Human figures depicted in art; Photographic equipment and techniques: general; Photographs: collections; photography; Photography and photographs; Photography: portraits and self-portraiture; Photography: subject-specific techniques and principles; portrait; Portraits and self-portraiture in art; Public art; Queen Victoria; society; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; The Arts; The arts: general topics; The Arts: techniques and principles; The Arts: treatments and subjects; Theory of art; United Kingdom
• ISBN: 3111128415; 9783111128412; 9783111124551; 311112455X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783111128412

A fresh exploration of modern photography through the lens of commercial portrait photography - the largest and yet most neglected visual archive of the 19th century. This study explores how commercial portrait photography shaped social relations and provided visual stability in an era of rapid change.