Myth, Montage and Magic Realism
Rethinking the photograph as a discursive document
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12919396 |
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| Authors | Liam Devlin (0000-0002-5590-3827, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-18 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Photographies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-0763 • E-ISSN: 1754-0771 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17540763.2018.1512518 |
| OpenAlex | W2767875938 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
Foregrounding the photograph’s ontological ambiguity, this article examines a possible social agency for the photograph within an art discourse, which seeks to create space for political mobilization. Using Jacques Rancière’s theoretical development of an a priori logic of an equality of intelligence, it examines how an assumed equality, applied across various forms of photography, can provide a more productive framework to consider how images are used and reused. This paper argues that by assuming this a priori logic, we can move the debate beyond questions that are concerned with the originality of an image or its status as document and allows for a reconsideration of its use as a catalyst for debate
Aesthetics · Agency (philosophy · Ambiguity · Art · Epistemology · Foregrounding · Linguistics · Literature · Mythology · Originality · Photography · Political science · Politics · Realism · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Art, Politics, and Modernism · Critical Theory and Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Photography and Visual Culture
| Highly cited | No |
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