Public Figures

by Jena Osman

Book Overview

An investigation of the gap between sight and site

Public Figures is an essay-poem with photographs and text that begins with a playful thought experiment: statues of people in public spaces have eyes, but what are they looking at? To answer that question, Jena Osman sets up a camera to track the gaze of a number of statues in Philadelphia--mostly 19th century military figures carrying weapons. How does their point of view differ...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819573116
• ISBN13: 9780819573117
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.6"