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Real Stories : Revisions in Documentary and Narrative Photography

Jan-Erik Lundström, Helle Damsgård, Stephen Willats, Karin Becker, Terry Dennet, Jo Spence, Allan Sekula

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Lundstrom questions documentary photography relative to the capacity of all representations to subjugate and falsify. Damsgard discusses three photo installations that question structures of Western society. Becker investigates work confronting photography's authority to represent the Real. Includes component texts of the exhibited works and artists' statements. Biographical notes on 14 artists (including five Canadian-based photographers). 55 bibl. ref.

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Lundstrom questions documentary photography relative to the capacity of all representations to subjugate and falsify. Damsgard discusses three photo installations that question structures of Western society. Becker investigates work confronting photography's authority to represent the Real. Includes component texts of the exhibited works and artists' statements. Biographical notes on 14 artists (including five Canadian-based photographers). 55 bibl. ref.

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Lundstrom questions documentary photography relative to the capacity of all representations to subjugate and falsify. Damsgard discusses three photo installations that question structures of Western society. Becker investigates work confronting photography's authority to represent the Real. Includes component texts of the exhibited works and artists' statements. Biographical notes on 14 artists (including five Canadian-based photographers). 55 bibl. ref.

Key concepts: Photography, Narrative, Visual arts, Documentary evidence, Art, History, Literature, Archaeology

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