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At the edge of sight : photography and the unseen / Shawn Michelle Smith.

By: Smith, Shawn Michelle, 1965- [author.]Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2013Description: 344 pages : illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780822354864 (hbk.) :; 9780822355021 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Photography -- Social aspects -- United States | Photography -- United States -- History | Photography, Artistic -- History | Photography | PhotographyDDC classification: 770.9'73 Summary: The advent of photography revolutionized perception, making visible what was once impossible to see with the human eye. In this book, Shawn Michelle Smith engages these dynamics of seeing and not seeing, focusing attention as much on absence as presence, on the invisible as the visible. Exploring the limits of photography and vision, she asks: What fails to register photographically, and what remains beyond the frame? What is hidden by design, and what is obscured by cultural blindness?

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The advent of photography revolutionized perception, making visible what was once impossible to see with the human eye. In this book, Shawn Michelle Smith engages these dynamics of seeing and not seeing, focusing attention as much on absence as presence, on the invisible as the visible. Exploring the limits of photography and vision, she asks: What fails to register photographically, and what remains beyond the frame? What is hidden by design, and what is obscured by cultural blindness?

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