On Photography

Synopsis

Introduction : Walter Benjamin And The Birth Of Photography -- Small History Of Photography (1931) -- Nothing Wrong With The Illustrated Press! (1925) -- Letter To Grete Cohn (16 October 1927) -- New Things About Flowers (1928) -- Paris, The City In The Mirror : Declarations Of Love By Poets And Artists To The 'capital Of The World' (1929) -- The Wall (c. 1932-4) -- Review Of Gisèle Freund's La Photographie En France Au Dix-neuvième Siècle. Essai De Sociologie Et D'esthétique (1938). Walter Benjamin; Edited And Translated By Esther Leslie. Includes Bibliographical References.