CAPTURING EGYPT’S HISTORY THROUGH LESSER-KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHY

Moving past Orientalism to focus on Egypt’s day to day life

Photography was a way to move away from Orientalism to show “facts” about Egyptian history and daily life, writes Malcolm Daniel in an essay for The Met. For centuries, painters and writers belonged to the so-called Orientalist School, feeding The West’s desire for exoticism. However, when photography came into play in the 19th century, it…