Victor Burgin

An introduction to the theoretical and practical work of Burgin.
The author states that Burgin had a great influence on the
development of radical theory and photographic practice aligned
to the cultural politics of the left. Burgin's major concept of
"the politics of representation" is very different from "the
representation of politics". Burgin's work is firmly located
within the debates on the relation between representation and
ideology, and these are understood in terms of psychoanalytical
theory. As the author states: "The direct result is that there
is a decisive change in emphasis from questions of class to
those of gender and with the suggestion that work on the
construction of sexual difference in representation is a
cultural-polical priority". The author ends his article with a
("not original") criticism of Burgin's work.