Camera exotica, 1850-1960

Description:

Photography played an important role in the western European perception of the exotic worlds, because it opened up a dialogue about what is "foreign" and fuelled people's imagination in the process. The FoMu shows a selection of photographs from its own collection going back to the very beginning of photography up until the 1960s.

subjects: Exhibitions,  Travel photography,  History,  Portrait photography,  Pictorial works,  Photography in ethnology,  Photograph collections,  Museum voor Fotografie (Antwerp, Belgium),  Photography,  Exoticism in art,  Ethnology,  Artistic Photography

Places: Developing countries,  Belgium,  Antwerp

Times: 19th century,  20h century