Comments on: Week 9 Course Update: Masks, Webcams and Nudes http://www.aphotostudent.com/2009/11/05/week-9-course-update-masks-webcams-and-nudes/ The Adventures of James Pomerantz in Photo MFA Land Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:33:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: tina http://www.aphotostudent.com/2009/11/05/week-9-course-update-masks-webcams-and-nudes/comment-page-1/#comment-278 tina Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:05:13 +0000 http://www.aphotostudent.com/?p=1049#comment-278 Meant to tell you that I taught my Anthropology and Art section last night, which generated a pretty good discussion on photography and 'authenticity.' We used the following readings plus film (have you seen it?): Benjamin, Walter. 1969 [1936]. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” From Hannah Arendt, ed. Walter Benjamin: Illuminations. New York: Schocken (pdf, pp. 1-15). Sontag, Susan. 1990 [1977]. “Melancholy Objects.” In On Photography. New York: Anchor Books, pp. 49-82. Steiner, Christopher. 1994. “The Quest for Authenticity and the Invention of African Art” and “Cultural Brokerage,” In African Art in Transit, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 100-156. Photo Wallahs (1991, Dir. David and Judith MacDougall) I namedropped you and K. Meant to tell you that I taught my Anthropology and Art section last night, which generated a pretty good discussion on photography and ‘authenticity.’ We used the following readings plus film (have you seen it?):

Benjamin, Walter. 1969 [1936]. “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” From
Hannah Arendt, ed. Walter Benjamin: Illuminations. New York: Schocken (pdf, pp. 1-15).

Sontag, Susan. 1990 [1977]. “Melancholy Objects.” In On Photography. New York: Anchor Books,
pp. 49-82.

Steiner, Christopher. 1994. “The Quest for Authenticity and the Invention of African Art” and
“Cultural Brokerage,” In African Art in Transit, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 100-156.

Photo Wallahs (1991, Dir. David and Judith MacDougall)

I namedropped you and K.

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