Fragments, Futures, Absence and the Past: A New Approach to Photography

by Silke Helmerdig

According to Walter Benjamin, the past that is not recognized by the present threatens to disappear irretrievably. As a consequence, photographs cannot save the moment from oblivion by pure depiction alone, but only by keeping the depicted moment actual at every present moment. Instead of counting on the documentary quality of photography that speaks in the past tense of "what has been", Silke Helmerdig suggests a different approach to photography:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837636240
• ISBN13: 9783837636246
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher