Flashes of Brilliance by Anika Burgess

“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

“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

“Flashes of Brilliance is a fascinating immersion among the obsessive rogues, daring experimenters, and fearless pioneers who risked life and limb to bring photography to life.”

— Bianca Bosker, New York Times best-selling author of Get the Picture

“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

“An entertaining, insightful and informative romp through photography's early days.”

— TOM ANG, author of PHOTOGRAPHY: THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL HISTORY

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