The Paradox of Photography analyzes the discourse on photography by four of the most important modern French poets and theorists (Baudelaire, Breton, Barthes an

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- No Art's Land -- Reasonable Madness -- The Image, One Image, Images -- The Fascinated Eye -- Conclusion -- Bibliography

Why we must forget photography and reject the frame of reality it prescribes and delineates. The central paradox this book explores is that at the moment of pho

A blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR B

"Presenting works from the early 20th century to today, The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance examines the notion of stillness as both a perfor