Abstract:
Our photographic culture and the proliferation of images everywhere seem to create a sense of passivity or frustration in the face of the represented. Can we learn to look otherwise, or can we describe images that function like a face – that look back at us? And how can we describe the ways in which an image addresses us as if it werea face? These questions are informed by the philosophy of EmmanuelLévinas, and their trajectory lead to engagements with corresponding questions raised by Roland Barthes, Judith Butler and Giorgio Agamben.
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