Fotografia wobec krzyku pamięci zagłady spod betonu masowego turyzmu
Photography in the Face of Cry of Remembrance on Genocide from Beneath the Concrete of Mass Tourism
Author(s): Wojciech SternakSubject(s): History, Social Sciences, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Jewish studies, Photography, Sociology, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Human Ecology, Sociology of Culture, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Holocaust; genocide; environmental history; environmental photography; fine art photography; documentary photography; Flusser; apparatus; alternative photographic processes; cyanotype; gum bichromate;
Summary/Abstract: In the text, I discuss the problems of the genocide experience in the context of mass tourism. I point out that large-scale Holocaust memorials and genocide museums incorporated into the mass-tourism industry are drowning out cries of remembrance. I propose three categories of commemoration: “Captions”, “Monuments” and “Stand-alone Works”. The latter category includes fine art photography among others. Using the case of the photographic series Koenigsgraben, I point out that the category of “Stand-alone Works” seems to have the greatest potential (next to historical enviro mental activeness) to free the cry of remembrance from beneath the concrete of the monuments.
Journal: Przegląd Kulturoznawczy
- Issue Year: 56/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 213-225
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish