Heinz K. Henisch is Emeritus Professor of the History of Photography at Penn State, the founding editor of History of Photography, and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Bridget A. Henisch is the author of Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society (1976). Together they co-authored The Photographic Experience, 1839–1914: Images and Attitudes (1994) and The Painted Photograph, 1839–1914: Origins, Techniques, Aspirations (1996), both from Penn State.

“This is a book which is at once profound and amusing—a rare combination. The authors have successfully attempted to explore a variety of photographic humor: humor about photography and humor with photography. On a popular level, the book is just plain funny and can be appreciated by anyone who likes a good laugh. For the historian of photography and society, it is an unrivaled compendium of the ways in which photography has made us so uncomfortable as to require a joke to relieve the tension.”—Jay Ruby, Temple University

Heinz K. Henisch is Emeritus Professor of the History of Photography at Penn State, the founding editor of History of Photography, and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Bridget A. Henisch is the author of Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society (1976). Together they co-authored The Photographic Experience, 1839–1914: Images and Attitudes (1994) and The Painted Photograph, 1839–1914: Origins, Techniques, Aspirations (1996), both from Penn State.

“This is a book which is at once profound and amusing—a rare combination. The authors have successfully attempted to explore a variety of photographic humor: humor about photography and humor with photography. On a popular level, the book is just plain funny and can be appreciated by anyone who likes a good laugh. For the historian of photography and society, it is an unrivaled compendium of the ways in which photography has made us so uncomfortable as to require a joke to relieve the tension.”—Jay Ruby, Temple University

Heinz K. Henisch is Emeritus Professor of the History of Photography at Penn State, the founding editor of History of Photography, and a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain. Bridget A. Henisch is the author of Fast and Feast: Food in Medieval Society (1976). Together they co-authored The Photographic Experience, 1839–1914: Images and Attitudes (1994) and The Painted Photograph, 1839–1914: Origins, Techniques, Aspirations (1996), both from Penn State.

“This is a book which is at once profound and amusing—a rare combination. The authors have successfully attempted to explore a variety of photographic humor: humor about photography and humor with photography. On a popular level, the book is just plain funny and can be appreciated by anyone who likes a good laugh. For the historian of photography and society, it is an unrivaled compendium of the ways in which photography has made us so uncomfortable as to require a joke to relieve the tension.”—Jay Ruby, Temple University