TY - GEN AB - Focusing on one of photography's birthplaces, 'Paris and the Cliché of History' tells the story of how photographs came to be imagined and deployed as documents of the past. It uncovers the changing conventions that drove the formation of public photo archives, the inclusion of photos on the pages of illustrated books, their place in historical exhibitions and public festivals, and the organization of amateur photo contests to document Paris. AU - Clark, Catherine E. CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - DC733 ID - 839840 KW - Art and history. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190681647.001.0001 N2 - Focusing on one of photography's birthplaces, 'Paris and the Cliché of History' tells the story of how photographs came to be imagined and deployed as documents of the past. It uncovers the changing conventions that drove the formation of public photo archives, the inclusion of photos on the pages of illustrated books, their place in historical exhibitions and public festivals, and the organization of amateur photo contests to document Paris. SN - 9780190681678 T1 - Paris and the cliché of history :the city and photographs, 1860-1970 / TI - Paris and the cliché of history :the city and photographs, 1860-1970 / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190681647.001.0001 ER -