Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2012.

xii, 273 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-262) and index.

Introduction -- "It is not going to be easy to look into their eyes": privilege of perception in Let us now praise famous men -- Roland Barthes's 'mistaken' identification -- "From one dark shore to the other" : the epiphany of the image in Hugo von Hofmannsthal and W. G. Sebald -- Putting down photographic roots in Harlem: James Van Der Zee -- Looking through their eyes: photographic empowerment -- Five stories of 9/11 -- Epilogue: Bad pictures.

Photographs -- Psychological aspects.

Photography -- Social aspects.

Photography in literature.

Barthes, Roland, 1915-1980. Chambre claire.

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975.

Van Der Zee, James, 1886-1983.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

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