July 15, 2004

Fordist modernism#2

Photographic modernism celebrates technology and the conquest of nature:

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Wolfgang Sievers, BHAS North Broken Hill lead and zinc flotation units, 1959

We do not get a questioning of the embodied eye gazing at nature and just seeing resources there to be exploited for human use.

Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 15, 2004 11:54 PM | TrackBack
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