Ethiopia photographed. Historic photographs of the country and its people taken between 1867 and 1935.

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Following the very successful Ethiopia Engraved, an illustrated book of engravings by foreign travellers from 1681 to 1900, Ethiopia Photographed covers the period from the inception of photography in the country up to the Italian Fascist invasion in 1936. The people, terrain, buildings and rulers of Ethiopia – such as Emperor Menelik, Lej lyasu and Emperor Haile Selassie -make it a highly photogenic country, as this lavishly illustrated book reveals. Situated in lofty, often inaccessible mountains between the Red Sea and the Blue Nile, and extending far into the Horn of Africa, it is a complex and mysterious country which has always exercised an extraordinary fascination for the outside world. The book begins with an introduction which gives a brief history of Ethiopia in this period, and describes the role of photography at this time. The rich captured images of Ethiopia Photographed bear witness to many personalities and places not previously seen and, in many cases, now lost for all time but for the photographic memories recorded here.

Contents:

Introduction: Images of the Country and its History. The Coming of Photography.

1) Historic Personalities: from Tewodros to Haile Sellasie.

2) Historic Towns: North, South, East and West.

3) Addis Ababa: the « New Flower ».

4) Economic, Social and Cultural Life: Tradition and Diversity.

5) Innovation and Modernisation.

6) Preparing to Resist the Impending Invasion.