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David Levi Strauss

Scrive per le riviste Artforum, Aperture, The Nation e The Brooklyn Rail, ed è stato uno dei fondatori di Acts. A Journal of New Writing (1982-1990). Insegna al Center for Curatorial Studies del Bard College di Annandale-On-Hudson, nello stato di New York, ed è responsabile del dipartimento di Teoria e Critica d’Arte della School of Visual Arts di New York. I suoi saggi sono stati pubblicati in monografie di numerosi artisti. In Italia è stato tradotto il saggio Politica della fotografia (con un’introduzione di John Berger, 2007).

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Perché crediamo alle immagini fotografiche

In this lucid and concise essay, David Levi Strauss explores the relation between truth and photography. Based on the assumption that "we only need to see in order to believe", Levi Strauss examines the figure of Saint Thomas in the Gospels, investigates the relation between faith and the Holy Shroud – considered by some scholars as the first proto-photographic image in history –, and discusses the contributions to the subject by critics and philosophers such as Walter Benjamin, John Berger and Roland Barthes.A relevant portion of the book is dedicated to the writings of Vilém Flusser and his “technical images” and to the intersection of magic and technology, while the last chapter is a reflection on contemporary times: in a world inhabited by deepfake, how has the relation between faith and photography evolved? Can we still believe images?

Perché crediamo alle immagini fotografiche

David Levi Strauss

pages: 88 pages

In this lucid and concise essay, David Levi Strauss explores the relation between truth and photography. Based on the assumption that "we only need to see in order to believe", Levi Strauss examines the figure of Saint Thomas in the Gospels, investigates the relation between faith and the Holy Shroud – considered by some scholars as the first pro

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