In this new audio interview on the New Books Network, Carla Nappi speaks with Hanna Rose Shell about Hide and Seek: Camouflage, Photography, and the Media of Reconnaissance. Click here to learn more about the book. Click here to listen to the entire interview. An excerpt appears below:

“Q: How did you come to the field of the history of science?

A: My inspiration for this particular topic dates, in an odd way, all the way back to when I was a teenager. I remember being about fifteen or sixteen, and I had an opportunity to intern with a photographer, Rosamond Purcell…. working on combining the history of science … with the visual representation of artifacts of the history of science.”