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In the year that photography was introduced to the world, 1839, a cartoon in a French broadside portrayed a gallows for the draftsmen and engravers who would be put out of work by the new medium. This was only the beginning of a long tradition of humorously depicting photography, a practice now reviewed in Heinz and Bridget Henisch's book. "Positive Pleasures" explores the humorous commentary about photography that emerged in the medium's first 75 years, providing a panorama of photographic humor in its many aspects, both pictorial and literary. The Henisches present a wide range of examples found in cartoons, literature and such facets of popular culture as
