That which will not perish into art : the chronotope of the photograph -- The ekphrasis of the Cicerone : the 19th century -- The snapshot elegy -- The suppressed ekphrasis -- The ekphrasis of iconic photographys -- The ekphrasis calligram -- The anti-ekphrasis : Larry Levis's "sensationalism" -- The speaking photograph -- The shadow of the former self -- The photoshopped image : the ekphrases of digital photographs -- Coda : Sallie in her Byzantine mirror.