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The Burden of Representation: Essays on Photographies and Histories
Copyright © John Tagg, 1988-2019
Originally published in English by MACMILLAN EDUCATION
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Photography as such is devoid of identity. Its technological dimension changes depending on the power relations that invest in it. Its practical dimension is determined by the institutions or agents that define and use it. The functions of photography in the creation of culture are tied to the specific conditions of its existence, and the objects that appear as a result of photographic practice gain meaning and expressiveness only in relation to these historical conditions. The history of photography is devoid of unity. It flickers, appearing and disappearing in different points of institutional spaces. Therefore, we must study these spaces, not photography as such.
Table of Contents
| Chapter |
Page |
| Acknowledgements |
10 |
| Introduction |
12 |
| The Democracy of the Image: Photoportrait and Commodity Production |
41 |
| Evidence, Truth, Order: Photodocumentation and State Expansion |
71 |
| Means of Surveillance: Photography as Evidence in Court |
77 |
| Legal Reality: Photography as Property in Law |
111 |
| The Sanitary Law of God: Photography and Slum Clearance in Leeds at the End of the 19th Century |
125 |
| The Circulating Value of Photography: New Deal Reformism and the Rhetoric of Documentary |
165 |
| Drafts/Sketches: Notes on Photography, History, and Representation |
197 |
| Afterword: The Burden of Remembering: How to Think Photography After Foucault |
222 |
| Bibliography |
238 |
