RHETOR 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Connotation, Denotation, Camera Work
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Stieglitz"s photo (epic squalor) treated as more valuable than the other (absolute banality) Idea of intrinsic value is problematic - we deny historical value when we view an image (on its on terms) Masuch: original situation is tricky - the first presentation (absolute original) or. Sekula wants to go for the first historical presentation. So, need to see the image that appeared as an artwork in a limited circulation publication and with limited recognition by people who think it of value. Sekula frames s"s work as an autonomous image. S"s work is treated as art - distance of words from image (no caption in the immediate space) enhances the image. Sekula"s reading of the steerage focuses on stieglitz and his existential angst rather than the world as depicted in the image situation, effect of certain mode of presentation. Sekula"s thesis: camera work itself is a discourse and is framing the photograph in a specific way.
