Walter Benjamin s 1931 essay A Short History of Photography is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new takes on such photographic pioneers as David Octavius Hill and Nicephore Niepce and their aesthetic and technical achievements. On Photography presents a new translation of that essay along with a number of other writings by Benjamin, some of them presented in English for the first time. Translator and editor Esther Leslie sets Benjamin s work in context with prefaces to each piece and contributes a substantial introduction that...
Walter Benjamin s 1931 essay A Short History of Photography is a landmark in the understanding and criticism of the medium, offering surprising new ta...
Publicado originalmente en la revista Zeitschrift fur Sozialforschung, es un ensayo de 1936 escrito por el critico cultural marxista Walter Benjamin en el tiempo en que Adolf Hitler ya era Canciller de Alemania en un esfuerzo por describir una teoria del arte que seria util para la formulacion de demandas revolucionarias en la politica del arte. En la ausencia de cualquier valor ritual o tradicional, el arte en la epoca de su reproductibilidad tecnica estaria basado en la practica de la politica.
Publicado originalmente en la revista Zeitschrift fur Sozialforschung, es un ensayo de 1936 escrito por el critico cultural marxista Walter Benjamin e...
