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Understanding Giorgio MorandiNotes on Formal AnalysisUnderstanding Giorgio MorandiNotes on Formal Analysis

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The Search for Depth of FieldOn the Relation Between Photographs and the WorldThe Search for Depth of FieldOn the Relation Between Photographs and the World

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The Ethics of RepresentationThe Aesthetics of Traces in Atrocity PhotographyThe Ethics of RepresentationThe Aesthetics of Traces in Atrocity Photography

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The Cut, the Apparatus, ConstructednessOn the Problem of the "tableau form" in Contemporary PhotographyThe Cut, the Apparatus, ConstructednessOn the Problem of the "tableau form" in Contemporary Photography

The Uncanny LandscapeOn the Non-Intimacy of Landscape PhotographyThe Uncanny LandscapeOn the Non-Intimacy of Landscape Photography

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In Defense of Common LifeIn Defense of Common Life

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Photography as HermesMessenger, Archive and MemoryPhotography as HermesMessenger, Archive and Memory

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In Search of an "Other Avant-Garde"Photography Against MythIn Search of an "Other Avant-Garde"Photography Against Myth

The Search for Depth of FieldOn the Relation Between Photographs and the World

Guosen Chen

22 August 2026

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