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On photography

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Essays explore the aesthetic and moral problems raised by the presence of the photographic image in modern-day life; consider the relation of photography to art, conscience, and knowledge; and examine the works of major photographers.

Contents

In Plato's cave -- America, seen through photographs, darkly -- Melancholy objects -- Heroism of vision -- Photographic evangels -- Image world -- Brief anthology of quotations.

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    New York: Picador, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1990]

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    • 0312420099
    • 9780312420093

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    Reprint. Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, ©1977.

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