Quoting Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Schocken, 1936

It has quite justly been said of Atget that he photographed [deserted Paris streets] like scenes of crime. The scene of a crime, too, is deserted; it is photographed for the purpose of establishing evidence. With Atget, photographs become standard evidence for historical occurrences, and acquire a hidden political significance.

— Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Schocken, 1936

5:31pm on October 4, 2024 from Turkey.


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