Aura
«What is, actually, an aura? A strange interweaving of place and time: a unique sensation was given, no matter how close the subject in question is. To glance during the summer midday rest along the mountain ridge on the horizon or branch, in the shadow of which rested, while the moment or hour is involved in their appearance, is to breathe the aura of these mountains, this branch. The desire to bring things closer to themselves, or rather, to the masses, is the same passionate desire of modern people, as well as overcoming the unique in any situation through its reproduction. From day to day, the need to own an object in its immediate vicinity in its depiction, rather in reproduction, is becoming increasingly overwhelming.»
A Brief History of Photography Benjamin Walter
Aura
«What is, actually, an aura? A strange interweaving of place and time: a unique sensation was given, no matter how close the subject in question is. To glance during the summer midday rest along the mountain ridge on the horizon or branch, in the shadow of which rested, while the moment or hour is involved in their appearance, is to breathe the aura of these mountains, this branch. The desire to bring things closer to themselves, or rather, to the masses, is the same passionate desire of modern people, as well as overcoming the unique in any situation through its reproduction. From day to day, the need to own an object in its immediate vicinity in its depiction, rather in reproduction, is becoming increasingly overwhelming.»
A Brief History of Photography Benjamin Walter