Thinking PhotographyVictor Burgin He develops an account of the production of the meaning of a photograph within social institutionsadvertising, journalism, art - within a society with a history and within the unconscious. |
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The Author as Producer | 15 |
Critique of the Image | 32 |
The Currency of the Photograph | 110 |
Copyright | |
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