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Just Published: *Visual Resources*, Vol. 26, No. 3 (September 2010)<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/offer/gvir-so1.asp> *Special Issue - A Tribute to Helene E. Roberts (1931-2008) *<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/jump%7Ejumptype=banner%7Efrompagename=title%7Efrommainurifile=title%7Efromdb=all%7Efromtitle=%7Efromvnxs=%7Econs=?dropin=specialissueatribute&to_url=http%3a%2f%2fbit%2ely%2fcOt9Eu> ''Second Hand Images'': On Art's Surrogate Means and Media Part I: The Art Press and Photography, edited by Julie F. Codell The September 2010 issue of *Visual Resources* is the first of two dedicated to Helene E. Roberts' scholarly contributions. The issues, edited by Julie Codell, are divided among topics to which Roberts contributed during her career and in her writings: the art press and photography in the first issue and collecting and iconography in the second. In 1993 in *Visual Resources*Roberts noted that most of us learn about art from “surrogate images” and their verbal descriptions called ekphrasis. Roberts observed that our first view of a reproduction of a work of art is often the most lasting, and she echoed Jean Baudrillard's notion of the simulacrum, the sign that replaces the real thing of which it is the sign. This first issue (26, no. 3) dedicated to Roberts focuses on ideas about reproductions, simulacra, Marshall McLuhan's notions, and recent theories of mediology. Reproductions are not always cases of lost auras, as Walter Benjamin argued, but acquire new auras, as reflected in Roberts' studies of surrogate or “second hand” images that acquire a new reality, apart from any “original” art they recall and which we may or may not ever see. Thus, images of artworks are like other material objects with which we create a complex enclosing environment of things we cherish and wish to remember. ** * * *Editorial* : *Honoring Helene E. Roberts* Pages 211 – 212 *News from the Field: Images for Academic Use, an Update* *Murtha Baca * Page 213 * * *“Second Hand Images”: On Art’s Surrogate Means and Media—Introduction* *Julie F. Codell * Pages 214 – 225 *Critical Mediators: Locating the Art Press* *Meaghan Clarke * Pages 226 – 241 *The Death of the Victorian Art Periodical* *Anne Helmreich * Pages 242 – 253 *Building Nineteenth-century Photographic Resources: The South Kensington Museum and William Blackmore* *Anthony Hamber * Pages 254 – 273 *Freud’s Egyptian Photographs: Scenes from a Library* *Mary Bergstein * Pages 274 – 288 *The Photograph and Bernard Berenson: The Story of a Collection* *Fiorella Gioffredi Superbi * Pages 289 – 303 *William Saunders, Photographer of Shanghai Customs* *Régine Thiriez * Pages 304 – 319 *GALLERY* *William C. Brumfield * Pages 320 – 321 *(Re)presenting Russian Architecture* *William C. Brumfield * Pages 322 – 330 For more information about VR and our previous publication history, please visit http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/<http://www.mindspring.com/%7Esundt-vr/>for the complete tables of contents and list of special issues, in addition to information about the journal, including subscriptions. Through special arrangements with the journal's publisher, Taylor & Francis/Routledge, we have been able to secure a reduced rate for individual subscribers who are members of the College Art Association, the Visual Resources Association, and the Association of Art Historians. See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/offer/gvir-so.asp for details. Christine L. Sundt, Editor Helen Ronan, Reviews Editor Murtha Baca, News Editor Christine L. Sundt, Editor Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation PO Box 5316 Eugene, OR 97405-0316 USA phone: 541.485.1420 VR Web site & Special Offers: http://www.mindspring.com/~sundt-vr/so.htm<http://www.mindspring.com/%7Esundt-vr/so.htm> csundt(at)mindspring.com or csundt(at)gmail.com _______________________________ VR 26:3 (September 2010) SPECIAL ISSUE: A TRIBUTE TO HELENE E. ROBERTS "'Second Hand Images': On Art's Surrogate Means and Media" Part I: The Art Press and Photography, guest-edited by Julie F. Codell View the table of contents: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g925261728<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g925261728> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~