A Carrier Bag Theory of Photography

Annebella Pollen

A Carrier Bag Theory of Photography

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A 2000-word reflective piece introducing the author's 2023 book, More than a Snapshot: A Visual History of Photo Wallets, positioning the publication in relation to histories of ephemera, and applying Ursula Le Guin's Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction to collecting and keeping practices in photography.
The essay was awarded a 2023 Design Writing Prize by the Design History Society in Matosinhos, Portugal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-19
Number of pages	4
Journal	The Ephemerist
Issue number	201
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2023

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