CONTENTS

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