瓦尔特·本雅明（Walter Benjamin） 德国哲学家、文化批评家和散文家。出身犹太望族。1920年定居柏林，从事文学评论及翻译工作。1933年，纳粹上台，他离开德国，定居巴黎，继续为文学期刊撰写论文和评论。1940年，法国沦陷，本雅明南逃，在出境的数次努力均未果后，身心俱疲的他在法西边境的小城博港选择了自杀。他的著作在其身后大量出版，为他赢得了越来越高的荣誉。 本雅明的思想融合了德国观念论、浪漫主义、西方马克思主义以及犹太教神秘主义等多个传统中的元素，并在美学理论、文学批评和历史唯物主义等领域有持久而深切的影响。他最广为人知的论文包括《翻译者的任务》（1923年）、《摄影小史》（1931年）、《机械复制时代的艺术作品》（1936年）和《历史哲学论纲》（1940年）等。

作者：(英)马克·德登（Mark Durden），英国作家，艺术家，南威尔士大学创意产业学院摄影系教授。著有《多萝西娅·兰格》（Dorothea Lange，2001，2012），《摄影研究的五十位重要学者》（Fifty Key Writers on Photography ,2012）。合著包括与大卫·坎贝尔(David Campbell)合作的《可变资本》（Variable Capital，2007），与肯·格兰特(Ken Grant)合作的《二次拍摄：基斯·梅得利文献中的肖像照》（Double Take: Portraits From the Keith Medley Archive，2013）等。此外，马克·德登还发表了大量关于摄影与当代艺术的文章。目前，他是艺术家小组“共同文化”(Common Culture)的成员。

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