Edwards, Steve
(2009).
Apocalyptic Sublime: On the Brighton Photo-Biennial.
Historical Materialism, 17(2),
pp. 84–102.
Abstract
Based on an account of the Brighton Photo-Biennial 'Memory of Fire: The War of Images and Images of War', curated by Julian Sallabrass in late 2008, this essay considers the photographic coverage of the recent imperialist interventions in the Middle East. Taking its cue from Stallabrass's event, it reflects on the decline of documentary and photojournalism since the Vietnam War and the current attenuated politics of the media. It argues that the problem of the sublime extends beyond the current genre of 'aftermath'-photography and asks what might constitutre a more cognitively adequate politics of the image.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
|
| Copyright Holders: |
2012 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 |
| ISSN: |
1569-206X |
| Extra Information: |
A Farsi translation of this essay appeared in Saamaan no (No 8 & 9), 2009 |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Art History |
| Item ID: |
31125 |
| Depositing User: |
Stephen Edwards
|
| Date Deposited: |
10 Jan 2012 08:52 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:37 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/31125 |
Actions (login may be required)
