Books by Anthony W. Lee

Tracing the global reach of early photography and the camera's part in cultural encounters across three continents.

Soon after Alexander Gardner's "Photographic Sketch Book" was published, in 1866, it became the Civil War's best-known visual record and helped define how viewers would come to know the war. This study of a pivotal American historical document, approaching it from the perspective of visual studies as well as American literature and history.

Arthur Fellig, known as Weegee, and his 1945 photography book, "Naked City" - with its tabloid-style images of Manhattan crime, crowds, and boisterous nightlife - changed journalistic practices almost overnight. This book brings different outlooks on photography and modernism to their discussions of Weegee and his book.