Review on "Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan"

Congratulations to Richard M. Chalfen, the author of the book "Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan", for receiving an outstanding review from Dr. Cathrine Bublattzky, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Tübingen University, Germany, published in the Journal: 'Visual Anthropology Review' Vol. 0, Issue 0 (2023), pp. 1–4, pp. 1–4. ISSN 1058-7187, online 1548-7458 (16 February 2023). © 2023 American Anthropological Association.

In his latest book “Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan” (2021), distinguished anthropologist Richard Chalfen (Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University) presents the results of his outstanding re-search on photography and culture in Japan. With its focus on the “social life of personal photography” (Chalfen, 2021, 8), this fascinating book is instructive for students and scholars in the related fields of cultural and visual anthropology, as well as those with a general interest in photography of the everyday. […]

[Extract from book review appearing on the journal 'Visual Anthropology Review,' Vol. 0, Issue 0 (2023), pp. 1–4. Reviewer: Dr. Cathrine Bublattzky, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Tübingen University, Germany]

The book is available to order here: Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan

Title Snapping and Wrapping: Personal Photography in Japan [Hardback]
Edition 1st
ISBN 978-1-64889-121-2
Published in June 2021