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Paul Strand
Akeley Motion Picture Camera, 1922 c.

"Akeley Motion Picture Camera", 1922 c. © Paul Strand.
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Introduction
In this image, the camera ceases to be a mere instrument for recording reality and ascends to the status of an absolute subject, creating a meta-photographic short circuit of extraordinary visual power. The work is situated at the heart of the American avant-garde of the 1920s, a period in which the machine aesthetic became the symbol of progress and the new industrial era.
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