The Burden of Representation
Download or Read eBook The Burden of Representation PDF written by John Tagg and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : John Tagg |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1993 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816624054 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816624058 |
Rating | : 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Burden of Representation by : John Tagg
Book excerpt: Photographs are used as documents, evidence, and records every day in courtrooms, hospitals, and police work, on passports, permits, and licenses. But how did such usages come to be established and accepted, and when? What kinds of photographs were seen seen as purely instrumental and able to function in this way? What sorts of agencies and institutions had the power to give them this status? And more generally, what conception of photographic representation did this involve, and what were its consequences?