Author :
Publisher :
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 20,12 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780989642309
Hazel sends her grand daughter a postcard from South Africa, along the way the postcard has it's own adventures.
Author :
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2018-09-06
Category :
ISBN : 9780878468553
A close look at photographic postcards made in Africa in the first decades of the twentieth century reveals surprising images and tells their often-complicated stories. Photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide, during the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding political, social and cultural changes in Africa at the time, as the rise of the new medium coincided with the expansion and consolidation of colonial rule. They also provide a way to reconstruct the life and work of the photographers of European, African and other backgrounds who created these images - which often survive only in postcard form - and in some cases published them as well. The cards were produced for residents and travellers in Africa, as well as for buyers and collectors who had never set foot on the continent. Their depictions of colonial administrations, exploitation of resources and peoples, as well as images inscribing tribal identities and racial classifications, often reflect the colonizers' worldview. Yet it is also possible to recover the authorship of some of the African women and men who participated in these photographic encounters. For instance, some cards show that members of Africa's elites recognized the power of photographic images to enhance their standing and present their own narratives. Postcards from Africa reproduces a significant selection of these complex cards - the majority drawn from the extensive Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - accompanied by a leading scholar's exploration of the stories they tell.
Author : Martin P. Nicholson
Publisher :
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 10,90 MB
Release : 199?
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Author : I. Norwich
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 23,52 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Johannesburg (South Africa)
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Author : Alexis Kelly
Publisher : Fodors Travel Publications
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 23,60 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1400008794
Describes hotels, resorts, restaurants, sights, and activities in South Africa and offers practical travel tips.
Author : David Rhind
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 26,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Transportation
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Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,50 MB
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780815608516
The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Illustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the scope of the Real Photo Postcard Guide spans technical considerations of production, characteristics of superior images, collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo postcards and investigating their photographers. In a broader sense, the authors show how "real photo postcards" document the social history of America. From family outings and workplace awards to lynchings and natural disasters, every image captures a moment of American cultural history from the society that generated them. Bogdan and Weseloh’s book provides an admirable integration of informative text and compelling photographic illustrations. Collectors, archivists, photographers, photo historians, social scientists, and anyone interested in the visual documentation of America will find the Real Photo Postcard Guide indispensable.
Author : Barbara McCrea
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 47,64 MB
Release : 2010-01-04
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1848364334
Presents a guide to places to stay, eat, explore, view wildlife, and play in South Africa with background information on the country and its culture and maps and photographs to help plan a trip.
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Page : 1030 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1786710994
Discover South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland with themost incisive and entertaining guidebook on the market. Whether you plan tosafari in Kruger National Park, savour the fine wines of the Western Cape orexplore the village where Nelson Mandela grew up, The Rough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland will showyou ideal places to sleep, eat, drink and shop along the way. Inside The Rough Guide to South Africa,Lesotho & Swaziland - Independent, trusted reviewswritten in Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and insight,to help you get the most out of your visit, with options to suit everybudget. - Full-colour maps throughout -navigate Johannesburg's downtown shopping streets or the beachfrontof Port Elizabeth without needing to get online. - Detailed regional coverage -whether off the beaten track or in more mainstream tourist destinations,this travel guide has in-depth practical advice for every step of the way.Areas covered include: Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula; The Western Cape;The Northern Cape; The Eastern Cape; the Garden Route; KwaZulu-Natal; Durban;Free State; Gauteng; Johannesburg; North West Province; Mpumalanga; Limpopo;Lesotho; Swaziland. Attractions include: Table Mountain; RobbenIsland; Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden; Stellenbosch; the WildCoast; Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park; the Drakensberg mountains; Joburg'sApartheid Museum; Blyde River Canyon; Kruger National Park. - Stunning, inspirational images Itineraries - carefully plannedroutes to help you organize your trip. - Basics - essential pre-departurepractical information including getting there, local transport, accommodation, foodand drink, health, the media, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, crimeand personal safety, and more. - Background information - aContexts chapter devoted to history, music and books, plus a handy languagesection and glossary. Make the Most of Your Time on Earth with theRough Guide to South Africa, Lesotho & Swaziland.
Author : Lydia Pyne
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 46,57 MB
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 178914485X
A global exploration of postcards as artifacts at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. Postcards are usually associated with banal holiday pleasantries, but they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented, postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. Fundamentally they are about creating personal connections—links between people, places, and beliefs. Lydia Pyne examines postcards on a global scale, to understand them as artifacts that are at the intersection of history, science, technology, art, and culture. In doing so, she shows how postcards were the first global social network and also, here in the twenty-first century, how postcards are not yet extinct.
