Décadrage colonial, Decentring the Gaze — Claudia Polledri
Ciel variable 124 – SEEING THROUGH IMAGES | Essays
Authors: Claudia Polledri
[Fall 2023] Décadrage colonial Decentring the Gaze [Excerpt] Based on a rereading of French photographic production in the 1930s, the exhibition Décadrage colonial1 underlines the contradictions of an era fascinated by cultures from “elsewhere” and concerned with redefining the image of a nation. Décadrage: leaving the frame, shifting the image, decentring the subject and, thus, […]