| Titre | O'Sullivan was here : la rephotographie ou la jouissance du point de vue | |
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| Auteur | François Brunet | |
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Revue | Revue française d'études américaines |
| Numéro | no 48-49, avril-juillet 1991 La terre américaine. | |
| Page | 11 pages | |
| Résumé anglais |
This paper discusses problems of interpretation encountered when reading Second View : the Rephotographic Survey Project (1984). The book is presented as the report of a project the aim of which was to « rephotograph » the West as photographed by 19th-century Federal Survey photographers (especially O'Sullivan, and Jackson). A study of landscape change ? An archaeology of photographic pioneers ? Conceptual art ? Post-modern rediscovery of the American West ? These various interpretations, amply illustrated by the author/rephotographers' comments and photo pairs, seem to revolve around a primarily methodological concern : identifying and recovering the vantage points of the original photographs. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | https://www.persee.fr/doc/rfea_0397-7870_1991_num_48_1_1437 |
