TFTW #7: Shapiro on photography and representation
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TFTW…thought for the week…some quotes to inspire… #
Representations do not imitate reality but are practices through which things take on meaning and value; to the extent that a representation is regarded as realistic, it is because it is so familiar it operates transparently…photography is one of the representational practices that has become so naturalized. #Michael J. Shapiro, The Politics of Representation: Writing Practices in Biography, Photography and Policy Analysis (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988), p. xi. #
Thumbnail photo: Kevin Dooley/Flickr #
