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The Desire to Understand and Photography

Year: 2007
Type: article
Abstract: Photography is part and parcel of the history of Surrealism, and a far-reaching and active part of that movement. In choosing a provocative title–L’Image au service de la révolution–for his collection of essays, Michel Poivert’s intent was to show that, far from being an accompaniment to writing and publications, the photographic image operated as a way of thinking necessary for that analytical process called Surrealism at the service of revolution. To grasp the phenomenon, it had to be obse...
Language: English
Subfield: Museology
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2055128606
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