Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface and Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1. Utopia and Photography circa 1900: Albert Kahn and the Archives of the Planet 31
6. Chapter 2. The Boundaries of Photographic Intention: Helmar Lerski’s “Failed” Project 58
7. Chapter 3. Album of an Extinct Race: Eugen Fischer and Photography 87
8. Chapter 4. Photography for Its Own Sake: Robert Frank and The Americans 120
9. Chapter 5. Photography and Rupture: S. An-sky, Solomon Yudovin, and the Documentation of Russian Jewry 149
10. Conclusion. Photography and Democracy 185
11. Notes 199
12. Index 225