Żywy ornament – nieobecna wspólnota (rekonfiguracja)
A living ornament – the absent community (reconfiguration)

Summary/Abstract: The text is an analysis of the use of photographs in political propaganda. Most of the examples discussed by the author come from totalitarian countries such as the USSR or North Korea. However, Cembrzyńska also describes photographs made in the USA. Referring to the theories of, among others, Siegfried Kracauer, she analyses photographs of leaders surrounded by crowds, athletes and the army (e.g. The Red Army by Rodchenko and Styepanova).She also reflects on collages of different photographs making images such as the faces of John Paul II or Abraham Lincoln.

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