Everyday Photography? Politicizing a ‘vernacular’ photo album of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906

The San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906, defined as the most-photographed event of the early twentieth century, overlaps with the beginnings of vernacular photography. Drawing on the vast output of the disaster, this article politicizes the notion of the vernacular. As art institutions have ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carolin Görgen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Bourgogne 2020-12-01
Series:Interfaces
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/interfaces/1458