Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects

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By Lisa Saltzman ’88

Published Jan. 21, 2016

By examining photography as articulated in literature, film, and graphic novels, Daguerreotypes: Fugitive Subjects, Contemporary Objects demonstrates how in many modern works, photography secures identity for figures with an otherwise unstable sense of self. Written by Lisa Saltzman ’88, Daguerreotypes reveals how the photograph has inspired a range of modern artistic and critical practices.

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