# The Public Life of Photographs

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- Book: [The Public Life of Photographs](https://www.bookquiver.com/thierry-gervais/the-public-life-of-photographs) ([The Public Life of Photographs.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thierry-gervais/the-public-life-of-photographs.md))
- Authors: [Thierry Gervais](https://www.bookquiver.com/thierry-gervais)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6203-519-4
- Pages: 300
- Published: 2016-10-14
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

An exploration of the relationship between how photographs are made available to the public and how they are received and understood. Do we understand a photograph differently if we encounter it in a newspaper...