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Photography theory

Bazin's thesis that the plastic arts, and above all photography, answer an urge to preserve beings against time by embalming their likeness.

In photography theory, mummy complex refers to bazin's thesis that the plastic arts, and above all photography, answer an urge to preserve beings against time by embalming their likeness. This meaning comes from Bazin (1960) in Film Quarterly.[1]

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Bazin, A., & Gray, H. (1960). The Ontology of the Photographic Image. Film Quarterly, 13(4), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.2307/1210183

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