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  • Road Trip to the Past: Finding a Setting Through Photography

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    Bowman, Chris
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    Bowman, Chris M.
    Year published
    2010
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    Abstract
    Writers regularly use photography for their research, but this fact is rarely talked about. They go to locations to take their own pictures, or they find them in books and archives; the use of photography is a visceral form of note-taking. While theorists such as Sontag, Foucault and Rose consider why the picture is worth much more than a thousand words, writers exploit the fact. But what if that picture was taken 130 years ago? The writer may have to take into consideration the distances, both chronologically and culturally, that have developed since. As research for a novel that takes place in 1880, I have compiled an ...
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    Writers regularly use photography for their research, but this fact is rarely talked about. They go to locations to take their own pictures, or they find them in books and archives; the use of photography is a visceral form of note-taking. While theorists such as Sontag, Foucault and Rose consider why the picture is worth much more than a thousand words, writers exploit the fact. But what if that picture was taken 130 years ago? The writer may have to take into consideration the distances, both chronologically and culturally, that have developed since. As research for a novel that takes place in 1880, I have compiled an archive of historical photographs that help me visualize my story. If I go on a search for the places these pictures were taken 130 years ago, what will I find?
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    Journal Title
    TEXT
    Volume
    14
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    http://www.textjournal.com.au/april10/bowman.htm
    Copyright Statement
    © The Author(s) 2010. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. It is posted here with permission of the copyright owner for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted. For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website or contact the author.
    Subject
    Creative Writing (incl. Playwriting)
    Performing Arts and Creative Writing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/37642
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