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In visible light : photography and classification in art, science and the everyday

by Russell Roberts, Chrissie Iles

This exhibition catalogue from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, explores the historical relationship between photography, taxonomies, and classification. It features essays analysing how photographic practices have been used to categorise and order human subjects.

Accession 17226 ISBN 0905836960 Publisher Museum of Modern Art (Oxford, England)
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