Tag Archives: Urbanisation

Berger on The Suit and the Photograph

May 25, 2012

“The suit, as we know it today, developed in Europe as a professional ruling-class costume in the last third of the 19th century. Almost anonymous as a uniform, it was the first ruling-class costume to idealise purely sedentary power. The… Continue reading →

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One off: August Sander.

May 25, 2012

Photograph: August Sander, Young Farm Girl, 1930/1 in August Sander: Citizens of the Twentieth Century.

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Harvey on commodification

October 19, 2011

“Quality of urban life has become a commodity, as has the city itself, in a world where consumerism, tourism, cultural and knowledge-based industries have become major aspects of the urban political economy. The postmodernist penchant for encouraging the formation of… Continue reading →

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