RHETOR 20 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Antihumanism, Voyeurism, On Photography
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Far from having been themselves demystified by reality, the american arts now aspire to do the demystifying (27) In early photography, strive to capture the idealized image (28) Many gifted american photographers thought themselves to be generalizing because through their pursuit of the trivial and the vulgar (29) Whitman preached empathy and oneness in diversity (31) Steichen"s work oozed warmth and encouraged identification with the people depicted vs. arbus conveyed anti-humanist message and not invite viewers to identify with the pariahs and miserable people photographed (32-33) Arbus: subject is the unhappy conscious (hegelian label) (36) She photographs people in varying degrees of unconscious or. But makes sure that her subjects are fully conscious of the act in unaware relation to their pain or their ugliness (36) which they were participating in and encourage them to be awkward/ to pose (37)
