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1 1 y separately published work icon Agents of Empire : How E.L. Mitchell’s Photographs Shaped Australia Joanna Sassoon , North Melbourne : Australian Scholarly Publishing , 2017 11666012 2017 multi chapter work criticism

'For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell’s emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors?

'With unprecedented access to private collections and showcasing his extraordinary photographs, Agents of Empire charts Mitchell’s rise from his struggles as a migrant in New South Wales and Queensland to significant image-maker in Western Australia. It then follows the journeys of individual photographs across the world, and traces the stories behind the survival and destruction of parts of his archive.

'Agents of Empire breaks new ground in showing ways that photographs can be used as historical evidence and how archives can shape our understanding of the past.' (Publication summary)
1 Mining the Archive Joanna Sassoon , 2010 single work biography
— Appears in: An Everyday Transience : The Urban Imaginary of Goldfields Photographer John Joseph Dwyer 2010;
1 And Here Be .... Joanna Sassoon , 2002 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Library Journal , May vol. 51 no. 2 2002; (p. 193-194)
— Review of Bunyips : Australia's Folklore of Fear Robert Holden , Nicholas Holden , 2001 single work criticism
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