In his study of photography and the unconscious, Serge Tisseron quotes the following sentence from Walter Benjamin's "Short History of Photography": At the beginning of photography, no one dared to look at the faces on the plate for too long. They thought those faces were also able to see them. Tisseron goes on to wonder whether we have ever really overcome that illusion. Implicit in this question is the inevitable existence in every portrait photo of a close and powerful bond between the viewer and the subject or subjects appearing therein. This offers a fine definition of the importance, persistence and evolution of that photographic genre over time.
FACE - BODY- IDENT TY
ALBERTO MARTIN
PHOTOGRAPHS
ESSAYS
THE PORTRAIT'S DISPERSAL: CONCEPTS OF REPRESENTATION
AND SUBJECTIVITY IN CONTEMPORARY PORTRAITURE.
ERNST VAN ALPHEN
THE METAMORPHOSES OF THE FEMININE: ORLAN, CINDY SHERMAN, MARIKO MORI.
CHRISTINE BUCI-GLUCKSMANN
PORTRAITS / GENRE: THOMAS STRUTH.
BENJAMIN H.D. BUCHLOH
DAMAGED.
LIZ KOTZ
LONE VISIONS. CROWDED FRAMES: VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF PORTRAITURE.
MAX KOZLOFF
APPENDIX
LIST OF WORKS
BIOGRAPHIES
LILA INSUA
ROSTRO - CUERPO -IDENTIDAD
ALBERTO MARTJN
FOTOGRAF/AS
ENSAYOS
LA DISRERSION DFL RETRATO: LOS CONCEPTOS DF REPRESENTACION
Y SUBJETIVIDAD EN EL RETRATQ CONTEMPORANFO.
ERNST VAN ALPHEN
LAS METAMORFOSIS DE LO FEMENINO: ORLAN, CINDY SHERMAN, MARIKO MORI.
CHRISTINE BUCI-GLUCKSMANN
RETRATOS / GENERO: THOMAS STRUTH.
BENJAMIN H. D. BUCHLOH
HERIDOS.
LIZ KOTZ
VISIONES SOLITARIAS. FOTOGRAF/AS MULTITUDINARIAS: VARIACIONES SOBRE UN TEMA DE RETRATQ.
MAX KOZLOFF
APENDICE
LISTA DE OBRAS
BIOGRAF/AS
LILA INSOA