 Photography, Memory, and Historical Truth [Fotografie, memorie si adevar istoric]Ludmila Birsan ()
Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Drept, Stiinte Economice, Stiinte Politice / Fascicle: Law, Economic Sciences, Political Sciences, 2014, issue 14, 81-88 Abstract: As a sign of the past, photography is the strongest form of memory. Walter Benjamin wrote in Arcades Project that history decomposes in images, not stories. Although photographs provide us with the possibility to witness worlds we no longer have access to, some authors claim that photography does not illustrate the truth and is opposite to history. Photographs are are discontinuous, they `freeze` events, they are traces of events. Unlike photography, that just captures the moment without considering its meaning, history also tries to understand its meaning. Roland Barthes, Susan Sontag, John Berger and Siegfried Kracauer are a few of the authors that analysed the connection between photography, memory and history. Keywords: memory; photography; history; Roland Barthes; Susan Sontag; Kracauer; Berger (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:lum:rev11d:v::y:2014:i:14:p:81-88 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Anuarul Universitatii „Petre Andrei” din Iasi / Year-Book „Petre Andrei” University from Iasi, Fascicula: Drept, Stiinte Economice, Stiinte Politice / Fascicle: Law, Economic Sciences, Political Sciences from Editura Lumen, Department of Economics |
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