Exact Imaginations: The Oriental in 19th-century Photographs of Southeast Asia

Tuesday January 16, 1996 - Friday March 8, 1996
Exact Imaginations: The Oriental in 19th-century Photographs of Southeast Asia

Anonymous (Burma), A Young Bride, ca. 1870-80, albumen print (photo: Phil)

This exhibition illustrated how Victorian photographers in India and Burma contributed to Western perceptions of an exotic and mysterious East. It was organized by Son Tran (B.A. Wesleyan 1995).