Das instrumentalisierte Bild : Steichen im Krieg

Author

Sekula, Allan

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

German

Source

Fotogeschichte. 1992, Num. 45-46, Vol. 12, 55-73, 13 ill.

ISSN

0720-5260

Abstract (en)

Discusses Steichen's responsibility for photographic aerial reconnaissance in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I. Although many of the 1,300,000 photographs ended up in his private collection, their authorship is unknown. Examines the type of discourse people seize upon when such photographs are removed from the context of warfare and placed on the art market and in art institutions. Argues that the "aestheticizing" of these photographs leads to an idealization and romanticization of war, and that Steichen's work in this genre exposes him as an ideological agent of internalized political power.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Photography -- United States
• Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
• Photography
• Aerial photography
• United States
• 1900-2000
• World War (1914-1918)
• Views
• Influence

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Photographie -- États-Unis
• Steichen, Edward, 1879-1973
• Photographie
• Photographie aérienne
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Guerre mondiale (1914-1918)
• Vues
• Influence

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00368048

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