Book club: John Tagg, The Burden of Representation

John Tagg’s The Burden of Representation is about how images shape our picture of the world and why every photograph is an act of choice, of interpretation and sometimes of power.

The book is considered a key text for understanding the role of photography in society and is widely cited in research on the politics of images, visual culture and visual narratives.

We will discuss selected essays:

• Introduction
• A Democracy of the Image: Photographic Portraiture and Commodity Production
• Evidence, Truth and Order: Photographic Records and the Growth of the State
• Contacts/Worksheets: Notes on Photography, History and Representation
• Afterword. The Burden of Remembering: thinking photography after Foucault

Read, take notes and write down your questions. Moderated by Yulia Reivakh, co-founder of the space and photographer.