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Benjamin's Aura

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Uploaded by on Feb 23, 2009

Walter Benjamin writes that photographs lack the "aura," an essential characteristic of other forms of art. The family photo album compensates for this loss of the aura through cultural values and constructs.

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  • great video, very helpful for the essay i am writing.

  • Thanks Sam, I'm studying a masters in museology and needed some clarity concerning Bnejamin's idea of the "Aura." Hope your studies went/are going well. Cheers

  • Cheers Sam, working on masters in digital embroidery in NZ and really needed someone to spell this out. Thanks

  • hey man great video, i'm working on a masters study in the netherlands and was having a hard time wrapping my head around Benjamin's work. your video really helped!

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