Phenomenological in its method, the essay examines the movement of a photographer, camera, object to be photographed, and us, the observers, making no assumptions about the relationships among these components. The movement is seen to exhibit a pattern, which in turn is seen to resemble a philosopher’s thought process as s/he seeks a position in the world. The essay concludes by identifying photographing as what the ancient Greeks called ‘theoria’, a gesture of seeing.
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FlusserVilém (1983) An eine Philosophie der Photographie, Göttingen: European Photography. Translated as Towards a Philosophy of Photography (2000). London: Reaktion.
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FlusserVilém (1985) Ins Universum der technischen Bilder. Göttingen: European Photography. Translated as Into the Universe of Technical Images (2011). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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FlusserVilém (1987) Die Schrift: Hat Schreiben Zukunft?Göttingen: European Photography. Translated as Does Writing Have a Future? (2011). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
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FlusserVilém (1991a) ‘Geste und Gestimmtheit’, pp. 7–22 in Gesten: Versuch einer Phänomenologie. Düsseldorf and Bensheim: Bollmann Verlag.
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FlusserVilém (1991b) ‘Die Geste des Fotografierens’, pp. 127–150 in Gesten: Versuch einer Phänomenologie. Düsseldorf and Bensheim: Bollmann Verlag.
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FlusserVilém (1991c) ‘The Gesture of Writing’, typescript, Berlin: Universität der Künste, Flusser-Archiv.
