Walter Benjamin Quote

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.. The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the concept of authenticity.


The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (1936)


Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place...

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place...

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place...

Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place...