{"product_id":"photography-and-the-optical-unconscious-hardback-9780822363811","title":"Photography and the Optical Unconscious (Hardback) 9780822363811","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePhotography and the Optical Unconscious\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShawn Michelle Smith (Edited by), Sharon Sliwinski (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780822363811\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 May 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages, 116 illustrations, incl. 20 in\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.703 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"A diverse collection of essays and artists’ portfolios. . . . Overall, \u003ci\u003ePhotography and the Optical Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling read, one that points to the significant amount of work remaining to be done with regards to the optical unconscious.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Shandell Houslden (TOPIA)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003ePhotography is one of the principal filters through which we engage the world. The contributors to this volume focus on Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived experience, politics, race, and human agency. In essays that range from examinations of Benjamin's and Sigmund Freud's writings to the work of Kara Walker and Roland Barthes's famous Winter Garden photograph, the contributors explore what photography can teach us about the nature of the unconscious. They attend to side perceptions, develop latent images, discover things hidden in plain sight, focus on the disavowed, and perceive the slow. Of particular note are the ways race and colonialism have informed photography from its beginning. The volume also contains photographic portfolios by Zoe Leonard, Kelly Wood, and Kristan Horton, whose work speaks to the optical unconscious while demonstrating how photographs communicate on their own terms. The essays and portfolios in \u003ci\u003ePhotography and the Optical Unconscious\u003c\/i\u003e create a collective and sustained assessment of Benjamin's influential concept, opening up new avenues for thinking about photography and the human psyche.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Contributors. Mary Bergstein, Jonathan Fardy, Kristan Horton, Terri Kapsalis, Sarah Kofman, Elisabeth Lebovici, Zoe Leonard, Gabrielle Moser, Mignon Nixon, Thy Phu, Mark Reinhardt, Shawn Michelle Smith, Sharon Sliwinski, Laura Wexler, Kelly Wood, AndrÉs Mario ZervigÓn\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments  vii\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Shawn Michelle Smith and Sharon Sliwinski  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Photography's Weimar-Era Proliferatino and Walter Benjamin's Optical Unconscious \/ AndrÉ\u003cbr\u003es Mario ZervigÓ\u003cbr\u003en  32\u003cbr\u003e 2. \"\u003cbr\u003eA Hiding Place in Waking Dreams\"\u003cbr\u003e: David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, and Walter Benjamin's \"\u003cbr\u003eLittle History of Photography\"\u003cbr\u003e \/ Shawn Michelle Smith  48\u003cbr\u003e 3. Freud: The Photographic Apparatus \/ Sarah Kofman  75\u003cbr\u003e 4. \"\u003cbr\u003eTo Adopt\"\u003cbr\u003e: Freud, Photography, and the Optical Unconscious \/ Jonathan Fardy  81\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Politics of Contemplation \/ Zoe Leonard and Elisabeth Lebovici  93\u003cbr\u003e 6. Freud, Saturn, and the Power of Hypnosis \/ Mary Bergstein  104\u003cbr\u003e 7. On the Couch \/ Mignon Nixon  134\u003cbr\u003e 8. Vision's Unseen: On Sovereignty, Race, and the Optical Unconscious \/ Mark Reinhardt  174\u003cbr\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eSligo Heads\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Kristan Horton  223\u003cbr\u003e 10. Developing Historical Negatives: The Colonial Photographic Archive as Optical Unconscious \/ Gabrielle Moser  229\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Purloined Image \/ Laura Wexler  264\u003cbr\u003e 12. \u003ci\u003eThe Vancouver Carts\u003c\/i\u003e: A Brief MÉ\u003cbr\u003emoire \/ Kelly Wood  281\u003cbr\u003e 13. Vietnamese Photography and the Look of Revolution \/ Thy Phu  286\u003cbr\u003e 14. Shooting in the Dark: A Note on the Photographic Imagination \/ Sharon Sliwinski  321\u003cbr\u003e 15. Slow \/ Terri Kapsalis  339\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  363\u003cbr\u003e Index  367\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press Books","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716890194200,"sku":"9780822363811","price":91.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/photography-and-the-optical-unconscious-hardback-9780822363811","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}