That Obscure Object of Desire Cet obscur objet du desir | Luis Buñuel, Pierre Louys, Jean-Claude Carriere, Carole Bouquet Magazine Aperture 253 That Obscure Object of Desire /anglais : Harris, Lyle ashton/o: : BooksPhotographs can abet desire in the most direct, utilitarian way, Susan Sontag observed. Hers was a reference to more prurient activities, but she also allowed that desire could be abstract, something more slippery. The compulsion to want-or, in today's parlance, to manifest-emerges... Magazine Aperture 253 Desire /anglais Aperture magazine releases winter issue, Desire, featuring an expansive interview with renowned fashion photographer Juergen Teller. Photographs can abet desire in the most direct, utilitarian way, Susan Sontag observed