[ The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction - Walter Benjamin ]

What I have learned

through skimming this as a pdf online the researcher found that Benjamin's writing to be extremely interesting and relatable to Adorno. Benjamin talks of aura which is a sense of liberated interpretation of original art. in the age of reproduction aura is lost and art is totalitarian. Benjamin talks mainly of paintings and film and how the camera can focus attention and see from interesting angles but at the same time freedom is lost.

Full source:

Benjamin, Walter (1936) The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction in Evans, J. & Hall, S. (Eds) (1999) Visual Culture: the reader. London: Sage/OU