FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Steamboat Springs (Nevada), Abu Simbel Temples, Fissure Vent
Document Summary
Ways in which photographers captured which viewers could not witness themselves. Able to close the gap between viewer and a distant area. Photo of distant locale a proxy for undertaking travel. Francis firth- there is no effectual substitute for actual travel . Travel photographer- marks pictures of having actually been there. Looks at first merely to portray information for study. Tabular symbols- lower register- signature of photographer (almost camouflages it)- asserting the fact that he was there. Makes it look like name chiseled into wall. Sense of how important having been there is. Parallel between agency as maker of photographer and egyptian scribes. Parallel surface of his photo and surface of real space. Tells us that one of the key features pictures gain authority through is physical proximity. Maxime ducamp: westernmost colossus of temple of re, abu simbel 1850. Signature again in lower left- as though traced into sand himself, close to crocodile.
