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Writer's pictureEmma Louise Bell

Power Freedom and Ownership



Fear of being watched

1977 - but it is more relevant now

Panopticon, an escape?

Is our current equivalent the internet?

Knowledge = Power

Exposed - Tate

Is our behaviour tempered by the fear of being watched?

Fabricated behaviour to suit a purpose

Surveillance photographs of militant suffragettes 1914

  • You’re not conforming to the ideal so will be punished

Mugshots

Categorised people, is it dangerous?

Faces of the Feeble-minded - Ellis island

Weegee ( Arthur Fellig)

First on the scene, police radio would often get there before them

Intrusive

Freelance crime photographer

I have no inhibitions and neither has my camera - voyeuristic, uncomfortable

Films to watch based on his character

  • The untouchables

  • Road to perdition

  • Nightcrawler

How far is too far

Lack of privacy, big brother is watching you - book

Arne Svenson, The neighbors, 2012

Laura Mulvey - Gaze

Rear window - Alfred hitchcock

Sophie Calle - the detective 1981

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