Devlin, Liam (2017) Myth, Montage & Magic Realism: Rethinking the Photograph as a Discursive Document. In: 54th Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Annual Conference 2017, 9-12 March 2017, Orlando, Florida. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
A keynote Speech at the 2017 Annual Conference of the Society for Photographic Education, Orlando Florida.
Using Jacques Rancière’s theoretical development of an a priori logic of an equality of intelligence (2009), I will examine how an assumed equality of intelligence, applied across all the various forms of photography can provide a more productive framework to consider how images are used and reused. It will be argued that by assuming this a priori logic, we can move the debate beyond questions that are concerned with the originality of an image or its status as document and allows for a reconsideration of its use as a catalyst for debate. What is called for is a photographic discourse that reformulates the role of documentary photography as a means to engage with the reader’s imagination as an explicit challenge to perception. This new discourse re-frames the photograph as a vehicle for debate, as a discursive document.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Keynote) |
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics T Technology > TR Photography |
Schools: | School of Art, Design and Architecture |
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Depositing User: | Liam Devlin |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2017 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 12:22 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/33475 |
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