In this thought-provoking book, Bergstein (History of Art and Visual Culture, Rhode Island School of Design) attempts to understand Freud's visual imagination, and the role it played in the
development of his thought. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the author examines how photography penetrated the cognitive style of Freud and his contemporaries, and she explores some of the
ways that documentary photography influenced the formation of Freudian psychoanalysis. Generously illustrated with reproductions of photographs from Freud's collection, this book sheds new
light on Freud and early 20th century visual culture. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
