Books in the Routledge History of Photography series

Looking beyond the impact photographs have on the perpetuation and expression of social norms and stereotypes, and the influence of the act of taking a photograph, this new collection brings together international scholars to examine the camera itself as an actor.

This book explores the territories where manual, graphic, photographic, and digital techniques interfere and interlace in sciences and humanities.

Emphasizing the medium's reception among several Chinese constituencies, this book explores photography's impact within new discourses on science, as well its effects in social life, visual modernity and the media during China's transition from imperial to republican government.

This collection explores the cultural fascination with social media forms of self-portraiture, "selfies," with a specific interest in online self-imaging strategies in a Western context.