Table of Contents
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The Origins of Photography / The Civil War |
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Jacob Riis and Social Reform |
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The State and Images: Walker Evans, Leni |
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Photography in the 1950's: Division and Consensus
in the work of Robert Frank and Edward Steichen |
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Truths & Fictions: The Photography of Pedro Meyer |
The above sections have been arranged in chronological order to approximate a linear sequence (just keep clicking "next"). At the conclusion of each section, you also have the option to return to this table of contents: in the latter case, feel free to read the individual sections in any order, according to your preference.
In terms of an argument, the content traces a general movement from the photograph as "neutral" to the digital image as a highly conscious construction.
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