Title: Agency in photographic self-portraits: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the exposure of the camera
Source document: Theory and Practice in English Studies. 2014, vol. 7, iss. 1, pp. [17]-34
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[17]-34
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ISSN1805-0859
Stable URL (handle): https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/134175
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Abstract(s)
This paper addresses the photographic self-portrait as a genre which engages modalities of identity agency. In particular, the paper shows how in his self-portraits Lewis Carroll, one of the most accomplished nineteenth century photographers, tried to conceal his identity of a photographer, while in his extraordinary portraiture projects he laid claims to his multiple and, as yet, little known selves.
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