O’Sullivan was here
La rephotographie ou la jouissance du point de vue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12032206 |
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| Authors | François Brunet (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 309-319 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue française d’études américaines (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0397-7870 • E-ISSN: 1776-3061 |
| Publisher | Éditions Belin (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.3406/rfea.1991.1437 |
| OpenAlex | W2418448860 |
| Language | EN |
This paper discusses problems of interpretation encountered when reading Second View : the Rephotographic Survey Project (1984). The book is presented as the report of a project the aim of which was to « rephotograph » the West as photographed by 19th-century Federal Survey photographers (especially O'Sullivan, and Jackson). A study of landscape change ? An archaeology of photographic pioneers ? Conceptual art ? Post-modern rediscovery of the American West ? These various interpretations, amply illustrated by the author/rephotographers' comments and photo pairs, seem to revolve around a primarily methodological concern : identifying and recovering the vantage points of the original photographs
Archaeology · Art · Art history · Humanities · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Reading (process · Diverse Cultural and Historical Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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