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Imaging Identity by Melinda Hinkson (ed.)

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Imaging Identity
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Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN-13: 9781760460419
Number of pages: 164

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Imaging Identity presents potent reflections on the human condition through the prism of portraiture. Taking digital imaging technologies and the dynamic and precarious dimensions of contemporary identity as critical reference points, these essays consider why portraits continue to have such galvanising appeal and perform fundamental work across so many social settings.

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