Dean of deconstruction is dead

I guess there's more than one meaning to take from the obituary of Jacques Derrida, the Frenchman who roiled English departments across the land.

Key paragraph:

For 17 years, from 1962 to 1979, he refused to be photographed for publication, in an effort to keep his face -- square, with a strong nose, thick eyebrows, dark skin and bushy white hair -- from becoming part of the investigation for meaning in his work.