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1. 1. Flashes Of Brilliance

   

   Flashes of Brilliance traces the experiments and eccentric figures who shaped photography from the 1830s to the early 20th century. It covers daring technical breakthroughs and projects—from underground and night photography to underwater, aerial, and microscopic imaging—and profiles innovators such as Anna Atkins, Eadweard Muybridge, and Étienne-Jules Marey. The book also looks at early challenges that endure today, including image manipulation, surveillance of suffragists, and how Black figures like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass used self-portraiture to claim identity. A compact, spoiler-free survey of how early photographic experiments changed the way we see the world.

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