At the Edge of Sight: Photography and the Unseen

by Shawn Michelle Smith

Book Overview

The advent of photography revolutionized perception, making visible what was once impossible to see with the human eye. In At the Edge of Sight , Shawn Michelle Smith engages these dynamics of seeing and not seeing, focusing attention as much on absence as presence, on the invisible as the visible. Exploring the limits of photography and vision, she asks: What fails to register photographically, and what remains beyond the frame? What is hidden by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822354861
• ISBN13: 9780822354864
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"