Seeing As

René Balcer’s Seeing As And The Crime-Scene Aesthetic Essay by Robert Hobbs 6

Plates/Photos

Mysteries And Dangers 14

North 146

BLM 2020 192

Notes On Selected Photographs 214

Measuring Change Essay by Xu Bing 216

Plates/Photos

China 220

China, Sleeping 346

China, Some Mops 358

China, A Street Corner In Pingyao, 2012 370

Notes On Selected Photographs 374

Stinky Yoshimoto vs. the World Fiction by Naomi Hirahara 376

Plates/Photos

Beleaguered Trees of Los Angeles (2011–2020) 380

Decay as Reconstruction Essay by Ghiora Aharoni 404

Plates/Photos

Decay 406

Secret Places 460

René Balcer: The Gatekeepers of La Recoleta Essay by Marcos Zimmerman 492 and 522

Plates/Photos

Desaparecidos 494

Notes On Selected Photographs 526

Appendices

Original Chinese text for Measuring Change by Xu Bing 528

Original Spanish text for René Balcer: The Gatekeepers of La Recoleta by Marcos Zimmermann 530

Index 536

Acknowledgments 539

Hollywood, Florida, USA, 1979

Los Angeles, USA, 2019

Marina di Bibbona, Italy, 2016

Chiang Rai, Thailand, 2019

Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1975

Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1975

Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay, 2009

Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay, 2009

Chiang Mai, Thailand, 2011

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 2011

New York City, USA, 2022

Chelsea, New York City, USA, 2022

Agra, India, 2011

New Delhi, India, 2012

Chlumec, Czech Republic, 2014

Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, 1975