Photographies East: The Camera and Its Histories in East and Southeast AsiaIntroducing Photographies East, Rosalind C. Morris notes that although the camera is now a taken for granted element of everyday life in most parts of the world, it is difficult to appreciate "the shock and sense of utter improbability that accompanied the new technology" as it was introduced in Asia (and elsewhere). In this collection, scholars of Asia, most of whom are anthropologists, describe frequent attribution of spectral powers to the camera,