Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma

by Ulrich Baer

Book Overview

An original analysis of the parallels between the arrested moment in photography and in the traumatized psyche.

In this remarkable contribution to photographic criticism and psychoanalytic literature, Ulrich Baer traces the hitherto overlooked connection between the experience of trauma and the photographic image. Instead of treating trauma as a photographic "theme," Baer examines the striking parallel between those moments arrested...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524473
• ISBN13: 9780262524476
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher