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The creation of the photographic negative, the consequent evolution of a visual language, and its impact on the way societies represent and read their world(s)

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The photographic negative has been arguably more significant than the invention of moveable type in informing the world’s cultures and societies and influencing their world view(s). The presence of recognisable visual representations of our world, and the affirmation of those worlds through multiple identical copies of those images, has at once broadened humanity’s knowledge base, and restricted our understanding.

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  1. Department of Screen and Media Studies, The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

    S. R. Edwards (Associate Professor)

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Chadwick Building, Liverpool, L69 3BX, UK

    Ray Paton B.Ed, PhD, CBiol, MIBiol

  2. Computer Science, Foresight Centre, 3 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool, L69 3GL, UK

    Irene Neilson MA, PhD, MSc

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Edwards, S.R. (1999). From Gutenberg to Gates. In: Paton, R., Neilson, I. (eds) Visual Representations and Interpretations. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0563-3_33

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