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According to Walter Benjamin, the past that is not recognized by the present threatens to disappear irretrievably. As a consequence, photographs cannot save the moment from oblivion by pure depiction alone, but only by keeping the depicted moment actual at every present moment. Instead of counting on the documentary quality of photography that speaks in the past tense of "what has been", Silke Helmerdig suggests a different approach to photography: an extension of a future subjunctive (photographic) tense speaking of "what could be, if", allowing one to think possible futures instead of harking back to the past.

Fragments, Futures, Absence and the Past: A New Approach to Photography

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According to Walter Benjamin, the past that is not recognized by the present threatens to disappear irretrievably. As a consequence,... Read more

    Publisher: Transcript Verlag
    Publication Date: 15/09/2016
    ISBN13: 9783837636246, 978-3837636246
    ISBN10: 3837636240

    Number of Pages: 206

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

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    According to Walter Benjamin, the past that is not recognized by the present threatens to disappear irretrievably. As a consequence, photographs cannot save the moment from oblivion by pure depiction alone, but only by keeping the depicted moment actual at every present moment. Instead of counting on the documentary quality of photography that speaks in the past tense of "what has been", Silke Helmerdig suggests a different approach to photography: an extension of a future subjunctive (photographic) tense speaking of "what could be, if", allowing one to think possible futures instead of harking back to the past.

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