Cultural Theory 
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SOURCE: Boston Review
9/23/2021
The Captive Photograph
by Ariella Azoulay
The taking of photographs of enslaved people by Harvard scientist Louis Agassiz, and the university's continued ownership of those images, constitute a crime against humanity, argues a theorist and historian of visual culture. The images demand an ethic of care to replace an ethic of ownership, which is a model for restorative justice for slavery.
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