Critical Writing Index

The Abscence of Photography:: The Image Reanimated

by Nicole Gingras

The Absence of Photography, 1994, pp. 16-29

Montreal: Cinema Libre, 1994

The article discusses the state of the image, whether still, moving or absent. Nicole Gingras relates these notions to our memory and and other forms of visual impression.

Article Translated by: Kathleen Fleming

ITEM 1994.105 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

L'Arrivee d'un train en gare – Louis Lumiere

Helas pour moi – Jean-Luc Godard

La Jetee – Chris Marker

Les Photos d'Alix – Jean Eustache

Nostalgia – Hollis Fampton

Notes in Origin – Ellie Epp

The Death of the Lotus – Laurie McDonald

La Desserte – Thierry Kuntzel