Rugg tracks photography's impact on the formation of self-image through the study of four literary autobiographers. ( Mark Twain, August Strindberg, Walter Benjamin, Christa Wolf)
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As Linda Haverty Rugg persuasively shows, photography's double take on self-image mirrors the concerns of autobiographers, who see the self as simultaneously divided (in observing/being) and unified by the autobiographical act. Rugg track's photography's impact on the formation …
Photography has transformed the way we picture ourselves. Although photographs seem to "prove" our existence at a given point in time, they also demonstrate the impossibility of framing our multiple and fragmented selves. As Linda Haverty Rugg convincingly shows, photography's d…
