Photography and the Optical Unconscious

Author/Contributor(s):	Smith, Shawn Michelle
Publisher:	Duke University Press
Date:	05/26/2017
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This volume's contributors use Walter Benjamin's concept of the optical unconscious to investigate how photography has shaped history, modernity, perception, lived experience, politics, race, and human agency, thereby opening up new avenues for thinking about photography and the human psyche.