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An observational target in the Beijing photo assignment, derived from Talese's account of New York as a city of contrast.
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An observational target in the Beijing photo assignment, derived from Talese's account of New York as a city of contrast.
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He contrasts Kabbalistic ethics with a Russian catacomb tradition that tries to stop the end of Christ, describing the latter as anti-transgression.
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Jiang assigns students to photograph Beijing by looking for unnoticed things and contrasts, adapting Talese's attention to New York into a local observational exercise.
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"The Russian tradition believes in the concept of the catacomb. All right. Which is to stop the end of Christ, which is like, let's..."
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"...to go around Beijing and take pictures. Again, the idea is contrast. Remember that here he says New York is a city of things..."
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"New York is a city of contrast. I want you to do the same thing for Beijing. Take your camera and take pictures of..."
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"...And so what Toy Story will do is that he will contrast Anna Karenina with a man named Levin. Okay. And Levin is different...."
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"...it is Virgil who cast Dido into hell. Right? And this contrasts with Dante, who will elevate Beatrice, his love, to heaven. Alright? So..."
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"...Dido suffers, approaching us through the militant air. Okay? So the contrast is this. Virgil refuses to name Dido, so Dante names Dido himself...."
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"...it is Virgil who cast Dido into hell, right? And this contrasts with Dante, who will elevate, Beatrice, his love, to heaven, all right?..."
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"...approaching us through the air. The malignant air, okay? So the contrast is this. Virgil refuses to name Dido, so Darnay names Dido himself,..."
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"...father and As we discussed Virgil sets up a very stark contrast between love and piety Where they are competing forces? you cannot love..."
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"Okay, so the contrast, right? Okay, so the contrast, right? Achilles slaughtered many of Priam's sons in battle, okay? And what the majestic king..."
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"...what we're going to do now is we're going to compare contrast this when what happens when they become an empire okay um okay..."
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"...bad writing, it's modern prose, but you're able to compare and contrast, okay? I don't need you, get out of my sight, roared Agamemnon...."
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