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CHAPTER 7Henry's Tale

The Photographic Fable

Featuring work by Christine Delay

FIGURE 7.1 Untitled. © Christine Delay

 

 

THE REASON FABLES OFTEN TEND to feature animals is not coincidental. There have always been times when it was safer to write an innocent story, seemingly about a bunch of critters so as to create an air of plausible deniability and to make it hard to tie the tale to real people or events. There is also something of the court jester in such stories and with that we have the introduction of the element of humor. We will revisit ...