Flashes of Brilliance by Anika Burgess

“Burgess has made an old and arcane subject new and thrilling…Her astounding, frequently funny narrative highlights how people have always gone to outrageous lengths to get the perfect shot.”

— THE SUNDAY TIMES UK

“A scintillating history that’ll have you looking at photography in a new light.”

— kirkus, starred revieW

“A captivating whirlwind tour of photography’s early years.”

– publishers weekly

“Beautifully written, like a great work of fiction. Except, incredibly, it’s all true.”

– Phillip Prodger, former Head of Photographs, National Portrait Gallery, London

“An elegantly written history that speaks to an immutable human desire “to pursue knowledge, to create something beautiful, to record a moment in time.” It’s also a lot of fun.”

— WASHINGTON POST

“An entertaining romp through the whirlwind years of early photography…Flashes of Brilliance reminds readers what a marvel photography is.”

— WALL STREET JOURNAL

“Burgess’ enthusiasm for photography’s surprising stories, and her occasional wry aside from the shores of the twenty-first century, is infectious.”

— KIM BEIL, author of Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography

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