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DAY 198 | PHOTOGRAPHIC CURIOSITIES |
Lost Authors
THE ENIGMA OF ANONYMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS
If the story behind a photograph is forever lost, does the image lose its significance—or is its meaning deepened?
One of the most universal genres of photography is the disparate mass of images, which, for one reason or another, have become entirely disconnected from their source. Whether the snapshots are found in an abandoned house, sandwiched between the pages of a book at the flea market, or floating about the dark recesses of cyberspace, they serve as a carte blanche for the imagination.
Robert Flynn Johnson’s book Anonymous highlights the enigma of ...
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