ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the photojournalistic representation of the other will initially base itself on the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas. Levinas’ work allows us to draw attention to phenomenology, which grew to be one of the most influential European strands of philosophy in the twentieth century. There are many reasons to be suspicious of ethics and moral philosophy, and for Levinas a prevailing suspicion was that “war and violence” rather than “peace and love” seems to be the norm that governs human behavior. Levinas’ views on representation further antagonize these positions, for they oppose a widespread perspective of art as having a privileged access to the ultimate secrets of reality. For Levinas, the infinite difference expressed in the face of the other is “unencompassable” and “transcendent”. Levinas’ views on representation further antagonize these positions, for they oppose a widespread perspective of art as having a privileged access to the ultimate secrets of reality.
