# Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance

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Podcast: [Real Photo Show with Michael Chovan-Dalton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-photo-show-with-michael-chovan-dalton-4606)
Published: 2025-11-13T14:07:28+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/real-photo-show2/episodes/Anika-Burgess--Flashes-of-Brilliance-e3bro61
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## Resource

Anika Burgess | Flashes of Brilliance, The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History WW Norton & Co Anika Burgess is a writer and photo editor. She has been published in The New York Times and Atlas Obscura. Anika has won a Front Page Award from the Newswomen’s Club of New York and has presented at Photoville New York. She holds degrees in law and history from the University of Sydney, and qualified as a lawyer before changing careers to journalism. Anika lives in New York with her husband, son, and an obstinate schnauzer called Sigmund. Photo credit: Amir Hamja

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