Photography: To the Problem of Thing

This article analyzes the problem of image and object in photography. The study proceeds from assumption that presentation a thing implies its special status considers position things photography as semantic ideological problem. A photographic demonstration an can be interpreted pictorial strategy. is condition shot: impossible without object. relationship between looks like large-scale contradiction. Photography fundamentally changes both visually qualitatively. Acquiring image, loses material qualities. frame deprived not only practical meaning — it subject program. From three-dimensional object, turns into ephemeral phantom unit. given experience becomes illusion. constituted qualities are lost frame. In photography, false distorted element deceptive perception world. photograph entity, imaginary non-existent phantom. verifies presence and, at same time, endows authentic which not. Within framework this study, important possessed by with strict outlines boundaries. disembodied formless acquire quality draws attention to fact world set units, where but also surrounding space.