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Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's beauty and attraction invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy.

The Beauty of a Social Problem Photography

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 13/07/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226210261, 978-0226210261
      ISBN10: 022621026X
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      Photography and photographs Theory of art

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      Book Synopsis
      Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's beauty and attraction invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy.

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