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Subjective photography

A theory that emerged in the post-war period of the 1950s suggesting that 'human vision' was, in fact, superior to the 'objective' camera vision. Recognizing the significance of inter-human subjectivity as a means to correct the errors of 'objectified' wartime politics became increasingly fundamental to social meaning in its aftermath. There is a relationship between this notion, which Otto Steinert taught, and the Essen school of photography in Germany.


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