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The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson

The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson

January 1, 19730h 15m
Overview

Baldessari introduces eight news photos to Ed Henderson — ranging in subject matter from geese at the zoo to an accidental electrocution — and asks him to identify them. Henderson's associative responses suggest the projection of unconscious desires and fears onto these arbitrary images, which are removed from their original contexts. The implied narratives that emerge from the seemingly random juxtapositions and sequences of photographs give rise to questions of manipulation, inference and meaning.

Director
John Baldessari
John Baldessari