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Picture Paradise The 2025 online presentation of the catalogue for the 2008 exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. 1.    Main essay: An other world history of photography, Gael Newton AM 2.    The march of process: a snapshot of photographic technology 3.    The photographs Pioneers: the Daguerreotype and early photography on paper 1840s-1860s For the millions: the trade in views and portraits 1860s-1880s The art of photograohy: aesthetic efforts, amateur and professional 1880s-1910s Modern Times: facts and fantasies 1920s-1940s 4.  Background to the collection and exhibition 5. Selected bibliography (dated 2008)