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1. Introduction

© 2015 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2015 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. PART 1: PHOTOGRAPHY IN SUSPENSION
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. Cultivating Uncertainty 18
  7. PART 2: ABUNDANCE AND OPACITY
  8. 3. Displacements: Gerhard Richter’s Atlas 47
  9. 4. “around this nucleus a large empty space”: Dinh Q. Lê’s Mot Coi Di Ve 74
  10. 5. Historical Reconstruction and Doubt: Christian Boltanski’s Les archives de C. B., 1965– 1988 87
  11. PART 3: UNSEEN HISTORIES
  12. 6. After the Fact: Joel Sternfeld’s On This Site 107
  13. 7. The Performative Landscape: Ken Gonzales-Day’s Hang Trees 130
  14. 8. Conclusion 152
  15. Notes 157
  16. Bibliography 185
  17. List of Illustrations 201
  18. Index 205
Uncertain Histories
This chapter is in the book Uncertain Histories
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520356016-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. PART 1: PHOTOGRAPHY IN SUSPENSION
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. Cultivating Uncertainty 18
  7. PART 2: ABUNDANCE AND OPACITY
  8. 3. Displacements: Gerhard Richter’s Atlas 47
  9. 4. “around this nucleus a large empty space”: Dinh Q. Lê’s Mot Coi Di Ve 74
  10. 5. Historical Reconstruction and Doubt: Christian Boltanski’s Les archives de C. B., 1965– 1988 87
  11. PART 3: UNSEEN HISTORIES
  12. 6. After the Fact: Joel Sternfeld’s On This Site 107
  13. 7. The Performative Landscape: Ken Gonzales-Day’s Hang Trees 130
  14. 8. Conclusion 152
  15. Notes 157
  16. Bibliography 185
  17. List of Illustrations 201
  18. Index 205
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