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Jennifer Tucker is a historian who studies the interrelations of art and science, photography, and mass visual culture, with a specialization in 19th to mid-20th century British, U.S., and trans-Pacific history. The common threads in her diverse research fields are the dynamics of visual media in modern history, the nature of evidence, public perceptions and practices of history, and the interrelationships of science, technology, and the law.

“‘Let the Microscope Tell Your Story’: Philip Gravelle and the Neglected Industrial and Advertising Contexts of Ultra-Microphotography, 1920-1940,” PhotoResearcher 17 (Spring 2012): 19-32.

Tucker, “‘Let the Microscope Tell Your Story’: Philip Gravelle and the Neglected Industrial and Advertising Contexts of Ultra-Microphotography, 1920-1940,” PhotoResearcher 17 (Spring 2012): 19-32. Pdf available here. In the autumn of 2011, I learned about an archive of microscophical photographs that was deposited in the Staten Island Museum, NY. As Read more…

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Tucker, Editor, History and Theory, 48, no. 4: “Photography and Historical Interpretation” (Dec. 2009).

Jennifer Tucker, ed. History and Theory 48, no. 4: “Photography and Historical Interpretation” (Dec. 2009). The articles in this Theme Issue bring a variety of different perspectives to bear on the convergences among photography, theory, and contemporary historiography. From different vantage points, they share an interest in how photographs become Read more…

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