{"product_id":"flashes-of-brilliance-anika-burgess-9781324051107","title":"Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera under the sea, or gaze at an X-ray. But the innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were incredible and sometimes dangerous, and the innovators often memorable eccentrics. In this absorbing mix of science, art, and social history, Anika Burgess describes early aerial photography experiments with balloons, kites, and pigeons; reveals how photographers first captured the surface of the moon, the bottom of the sea, and the structure of snowflakes; recounts the race to photograph motion and how it led to moving pictures; and delves into photography's social effects, including the use of the telephoto lens to surveil suffragists and of self-portraits by Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass to assert their autonomy. Richly illustrated and filled with fascinating tales, \u003cem\u003eFlashes of Brilliance\u003c\/em\u003e shows how the rise of a new art form transformed culture and our view of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anika Burgess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324051108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324051107\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Anika Burgess","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46420517028095,"sku":"9781324051107","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99c3d429-cdd7-4d68-a54d-ee0546b379b3.jpg?v=1734634865","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/flashes-of-brilliance-anika-burgess-9781324051107","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}