Collection of essays on the history of photography in Southeast Asia and East Asia that emphasize the ethnographic uses of the medium.

Introduction. Photographies East: The Camera and Its Histories in East and Southeast Asia / Rosalind C. Morris 1
The Ghost in the Machine / John Pemberton 29
The Curse of the Photograph: Atjeh 1901 / James T. Siegel 57
The Photography Complex: Exposing Boxer-Era China (1900-1901), Making Civilization / James L. Hevia 79
Photography and the Power of Images in the History of Power: Notes from Thailand / Rosalind C. Morris 121
In and Out of the Picture: Photography, Ritual, and Modernity in Aru, Indonesia / Patricia Spyer 161
Mysterious Photographs / Nickola Pazderic 183
Abandoned Cities Seen Anew: Reflections on Spatial Specificity and Temporal Transience / Carlos Rojas 207
Dark Enlightenment: Nait¿ Masatoshi's Flash / Marilyn Ivy 229
Cine-Photography as Racial Technology: Tanizaki Jun'ichir¿'s Close-up on the New/Oriental Woman's Face / Thomas LaMarre 259
Bibliography 291
Contributors 305
Index 307