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John Berger and the question of where we see from
On 5 November, John Berger would have turned one hundred. His books ask not only what images show, but also who is looking – and under what conditions.
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John Berger sought not merely to decipher images, but to make the conditions of seeing visible. His centenary raises the question of how political attention opens up art — without reducing it to the illustration of a thesis.
READ THE ESSAYOn 5 November, John Berger would have turned one hundred. His books ask not only what images show, but also who is looking – and under what conditions.
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