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found photographs

The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning essay by Barry Mauer “Found photographs are media artifacts of a peculiar kind because they were never meant to be viewed and interpreted by total strangers. Because the original contexts that anchored … Continue reading

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The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis, 1985 In 1982 ethnobotanist Wade Davis went on several trips to Haiti to discover the secrets of the “zombi poison” and learned about the Haitian and voudon cultures while he was there. … Continue reading

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