<underfire> Brother's photo, checkpoint borders 3

[Brian Holmes]

Ahem, speaking of affect, I agree with Rene Gabri. I wanted to puke when 
I saw the copyright on that photo. The logic of ownership goes all the 
way to the point of the soldiers gun. And it's all legitimate.

So this is yet another way that political affect circulates today.

best, Brian



Rene Gabri wrote:
> Who should have copyright on this image? Bracha L. Ettinger, his brother 
> (who is bracha’s brother?), or the (presumed) unidentified Palestinian 
> male who is subjected to this violence? Who owns this violence? Who owns 
> up to this violence? Where is the intersection between our relations of 
> property and this occupation? Even the violence bestowed upon 
> Palestinians is not their own property? Where is the violence taking 
> place here, in this scene? What is the role of this image in a 
> discussion like this? What deliberations were made in allowing it to 
> remain, to post to the list?
> 
> I have to say that this session of underfire has for me been the most 
> staged and symptomatic of “orchestration” as opposed to moderation.
> I wonder just how many posts have been refused? And what are the 
> categories and economies of decision making which determine what stays 
> and what goes?
> 
> Why did these images remain? What do they communicate? To whom are they 
> intended? And just what is being represented (because maybe we should 
> stop speaking of communication for a minute) here?
> 
> sincerely, with a little less compassion, rene
> 
> On 12/5/06 11:45 AM, "Bracha L. Ettinger" <brachale at zahav.net.il> wrote:
> 
>     my emphasis ---> Brother's photo, n.3, 2006 © Bracha L. Ettinger    
> 
> 
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