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In Search of Things as They Are
Disappearing Witness by Gretchen Garner. Johns Hopkins University Press. Gretchen Garner thinks documentary photography contributes something that is worth preserving. For much of the 20th Century, Â that would have seemed like a ridiculously self-evident perspective. Documentary photography, or more precisely, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Criticism and Commentary, On Photography, Photography Histories
Tagged Diane Arbus, Documentary Photography, Edward Weston, Eugene Smith, Francis Bacon, Gretchen Garner, History of Photography, Life Magazine, Photographic Criticism, Robert Frank, Rolling Stone Magazine, Wallace Stevens, William Mortensen
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Is Fine Art Photography Dead?
I’ve been slogging through David Bate’s textbook, Photography: The Key Concepts. (And it is a slow, hard slog.) There’s lots to think about and write about, but in the meantime, Philip Gefter has an interesting piece in the magazine Photograph … Continue reading →
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