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Via the story of two images separated by a century, Jean-Christophe Bailly’s The Instant and Its Shadow is a poetic and theoretical reflection on the origins of photographic technique, the imaginative power of montage, and the relation of photography to time itself.

Table of Contents

Preface | vii
Part I: A Haystack in the Sun | 1
Part II: The Shadow of a Ladder | 57
Notes | 95

The Instant and Its Shadow

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean-Christophe Bailly, Samuel E. Martin


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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 07/04/2020
      ISBN13: 9780823287444, 978-0823287444
      ISBN10: 0823287440

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Via the story of two images separated by a century, Jean-Christophe Bailly’s The Instant and Its Shadow is a poetic and theoretical reflection on the origins of photographic technique, the imaginative power of montage, and the relation of photography to time itself.

      Table of Contents

      Preface | vii
      Part I: A Haystack in the Sun | 1
      Part II: The Shadow of a Ladder | 57
      Notes | 95

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