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Dec 2020
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Episode 29 | David Levi Strauss and Mich...

DAVID ZWIRNER
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Is seeing believing? In an era of surveillance and “deepfakes” and camera phones, images are more powerful—and fraught—than they’ve ever been. The poet and writer David Levi Strauss, an authority on photography and its effect in society, and the renowned anthropologist Michael Taussig investigate this timely question, spurred by Strauss’s new book, Photograp ... Show More
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