Photography, Trace, and Trauma

by Margaret Iversen

Photography is often associated with the psychic effects of trauma: the automatic nature of the process, wide-open camera lens, and light-sensitive film record chance details unnoticed by the photographer--similar to what happens when a traumatic event bypasses consciousness and lodges deeply in the unconscious mind. Photography, Trace, and Trauma takes a groundbreaking look at photographic art and works in other media that explore this important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022637016X
• ISBN13: 9780226370163
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 9.9"