Watkins, E orcid.org/0000-0003-2093-6327 (2018) Mapping the Antarctic: Photography, Colour and the Scientific Expedition in Public Exhibition. In: MacDonald, LW, Biggam, CP and Paramei, GV, (eds.) Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond. John Benjamins , pp. 441-461. ISBN 9789027201041
Abstract
Early 1900s Polar expeditions experimented with photography to supplement established modes of documentation, from the work of exploration to scientific study (zoology, geography, meteorology). In recognition of the economic and educational potential of visual records, R.F. Scott employed ‘camera artist’ Herbert G. Ponting for his 1910–13 South Pole expedition: the photographs, lantern slide lectures, film and watercolours were linked to science and formed the basis of public exhibitions. Ponting’s work predominantly consisted of black-and-white images from experiments with telephoto lenses, flashlight photography and cinematography, however, studies of colour exist. Autochromes, dyes and notes on the hues of refracted sunlight and artificial light link photography and colour to the temporality of the Antarctic and the vulnerability of perception.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018, John Benjamins. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published in Progress in Colour Studies: Cognition, language and beyond. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Antarctic; exhibition; iceberg; expedition; photography |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number British Academy SG132916 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2017 10:42 |
Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2020 14:59 |
Published Version: | https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.217.24wat |
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Publisher: | John Benjamins |
Identification Number: | 10.1075/z.217.24wat |
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