Photography and Belief The Jesus and Mary Chain taken over a ten-year period

taken over a ten-year period in locations all over the world

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Larry Cohen

First published in 1977

and “The Garnet Cabinet” (2012)

Photography and Belief The Jesus and Mary Chain taken over a ten-year periodIn this exploration of contemporary photography, David Levi Strauss questions the concept that seeing is believing. Identifying a recent shift in the dominance of photography, Strauss looks at the power of the medium in the age of Photoshop, smartphones, and the internet, asking important questions about how we look and what we trust. In the first ekphrasis title on photography, Strauss challenges the aura of believability and highlights the potential