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Goaman-Dodson, The <strong>work</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Wilfred</strong> <strong>Thesiger</strong><br />

presented as a heritagized symbol <strong>of</strong> national identity. The composition may rema<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> same,<br />

carry<strong>in</strong>g with it <strong>the</strong> preconceptions <strong>and</strong> ideologies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> photographer; but it would be difficult to<br />

claim that an essentialized mean<strong>in</strong>g is present <strong>in</strong> all <strong>the</strong>se contexts; we need to trace <strong>the</strong> ways <strong>in</strong><br />

which image objects (particularly photographs) are circulated, acquir<strong>in</strong>g different values <strong>and</strong><br />

mean<strong>in</strong>gs as <strong>the</strong>y do so.<br />

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