Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography

Anthony W. Lee is Idella Plimpton Kendall Professor of Art History at Mount Holyoke College and the author of several award-winning books, including A Shoemaker's Story and Picturing Chinatown.

"An insightful, beautifully crafted, and enjoyable read. Lee writes with consummate command of the materials and manages with commendable skill to narrate both personal lives – of the photographers and their subjects alike – and the changing socio-economic pressures on them with equal measure and sophistication." Luke Gartlan, University of St Andrews "A much-needed history of the emergence of Scottish pastoralism, The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography stands out not least because it is the first book to take up in a sustained way the relationship between the camera and globalization." Thy Phu, University of Western Ontario "Remarkably thorough in the way he outlines the commercial and socio-political developments of the locales he discusses, Lee has made valuable contribution to the history of the relationship between photography and European colonialism." The Burlington Magazine "Anthony Lee's new book is a beautifully written, richly engaging account of three sets of early Scottish photographers and their relations to the globalizing forces of modernity and imperialism. [...] Lee's richly researched and deeply considered study offers a thought-provoking contribution to critical thinking on the forefront of studies in photographic history and visual culture of the global nineteenth-century world." RACAR "This organizational trajectory from Scotland across the "imperial trail" is neatly conceived and allows Lee to establish how these photographers negotiated an identity for themselves through their cameras – in relation to the British Empire and amid global encounters. Throughout, the book benefits greatly from the author's attention to the social forces that shape the migrant experience, a topic that he has explored previously with great nuance … ." CAA Reviews "The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography is handsomely produced, richly visual and engagingly written. Lee … narrates plausible tales of photographic 'encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China' with energy and a flare for words. Captivating." History of Photography