‘’ In Terms of such discourses, the working classes, colonized peoples, the criminal, poor, Ill-housed, sick or insane were constituted as the passive-or in this structure, ’feminised’-objects of knowledge. Subjected to a scrutinising gaze, forced to emit signs, yet cut off from the command of meaning, such groups were represented as, and wishfully rendered, incapable of speaking, acting or organizing themselves.’’ In the above statement made by John Tagg, he comments on the use of photography in the governmental practices and discourses of the developing social and medical sciences. Photography was utilized in the following areas, Colonial expeditions and exhibitions, the medical sciences or the social sciences such as criminology, anthropology
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His study of physiognomy was one of the first studies of facial expressions and or emotions with photographs as visual aids. All of his images represented many expressions on the old man’s face. However all of these expressions were administered by electric shock by probing the human face, thus causing forced reactions and emotions on each face. Duchenne’s study consisted of examination of the expression of emotions. His work was divided into Three main sections, …show more content…
During this research De Boulogne used Adrian Tournachon a photographer to fully document these experiments. The image that follows, is the main model in the ‘’Scientific’’ section of his experiments, Duchenne states that he did not use a beautiful man due to the fact he wanted to show that ‘’ every human face could become spiritually beautiful through the accurate rendering of his or her emotions.’’
G.B Duchenne de Boulogne, Fig1. From Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), Collotype print, private collection, Los Angeles.
According to Sobieszek, Duchenne did not experiment with the facial experiments of the insane, albeit his photographs did play a role in correspondence between Darwin and Dr.James Crichton Browne on the subject. Sobieszek also states that Duchenne may not have touched on facial experiments of the insane due to the fact that in the 1860’s photography was perhaps too slow as means of capturing such a momentary unpredictable
His study of physiognomy was one of the first studies of facial expressions and or emotions with photographs as visual aids. All of his images represented many expressions on the old man’s face. However all of these expressions were administered by electric shock by probing the human face, thus causing forced reactions and emotions on each face. Duchenne’s study consisted of examination of the expression of emotions. His work was divided into Three main sections, …show more content…
During this research De Boulogne used Adrian Tournachon a photographer to fully document these experiments. The image that follows, is the main model in the ‘’Scientific’’ section of his experiments, Duchenne states that he did not use a beautiful man due to the fact he wanted to show that ‘’ every human face could become spiritually beautiful through the accurate rendering of his or her emotions.’’
G.B Duchenne de Boulogne, Fig1. From Charles Darwin, The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), Collotype print, private collection, Los Angeles.
According to Sobieszek, Duchenne did not experiment with the facial experiments of the insane, albeit his photographs did play a role in correspondence between Darwin and Dr.James Crichton Browne on the subject. Sobieszek also states that Duchenne may not have touched on facial experiments of the insane due to the fact that in the 1860’s photography was perhaps too slow as means of capturing such a momentary unpredictable