N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
© Victoria Will, tintype portraits at Sundance film festival. There is no denying that alternative photographic processes are fashionable these days. I’m sure there are people reflecting upon this at the very moment, writing articles and giving conferences on the very same issue. As for me, due to an investigation regarding ‘authenticity’, I got to…
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© Gregory Michael Hernandez, Circular Mound Altar, Temple of Heaven, Beijing, from The Captive Universe (current work) © Gregory Michael Hernandez, Circular Mound Altar in Beijing , from The Captive Universe (current work) AN HEIDEGGERIAN MAP OF AUTHENTICITY DASEIN MINENESS OWNNESS HOMECOMING STATIC PASSIVITY GUILT ANXIETY COURAGE ONTIC ENTITY ALIENATION EVERYDAYNESS POSSIBILITIES SOLICITUDE FAMILIARITY SELF-BETRAYAL…
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ARTHUR PENN: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) excerpts from:The Origin of the Work of Art, by Martin Heidegger: “The opposition of world and earth is strife. We would, to be sure, all too easily falsify the essence of the strife were we to conflate that essence with discord and dispute, and to know it, therefore, only…
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