Presents a collection of Carroll photographs, and illuminates his relationships with the children he photographed in light of the idealism and social conventions of the day.

Long before he published his famous "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" story, Carroll was a photographer. This handsome volume makes clear the extent and complexity of Carroll's photographic art. Includes rare and never before seen images. 485 photos.

"Above all, [Carroll] was a gifted, obsessive and dedicated photographer, one of the best that the medium's first century produced."---Lyle Rexer, Art in America