Media and Cultural Studies

Question:Explain the concept of ‘commodity fetishism’, using one of the following pictures as an example:
a. Burtynsky’s photo ‘Manufacturing #17 Deda Chicken Processing Plant, Dehui City, Jilin Province, China, 2005 http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2012/contemporary-art-n09004/lot.102.lotnum.html
b. Andreas Gursky’s photo ’99 cent, 1999’ https://www.artsy.net/artwork/andreas-gursky-99-cent
c. Brian Ulrich’s photo ‘Cleveland, OH, 1999’ http://flavorwire.com/201311/photo-gallery-brian-ulrichs-brightly-colored-consumerist-hell/4
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