We cannot be indifferent to the long-lasting effects of photography. The photographs at the center of Lanier v. Harvard are relentless in making Renty and Delia Taylor work and perform as slaves. The pain inflicted on them has not ceased. Photography has the capacity to propagate harm, and we have the moral obligation to interrupt its effects. Renty and Delia’s relatives perceive this indignity every day, and the sooner we take action to halt this pervasive effect the better.
Carles Guerra
Carles Guerra is an independent researcher, curator, and art critic based in Barcelona. He was the former director of Fundació Antoni Tàpies where he presented Errata, a project by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay. Currently, he is curating a series of exhibitions about Francesc Tosquelles, a Catalan psychiatrist at the crossroads of institutional psychotherapy, antifacist politics, and post war culture.