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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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What I’m Reading
Photography After Frank. Essays by Philip Gefter. I’ll want to write more about this book. But, it’s so good that I thought I’d put in a quick plug right away. It’s not really what I expected. Rather than a single … Continue reading
Thinking about Beaumont
The History of Photography by Beaumont Newhall. The Museum of Modern Art (1982 Edition) Beaumont Newhall’s History of Photography is so much a part of the history that it documents that it can be hard to read it today and … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Criticism and Commentary, On Photography, Photography Histories
Tagged Ansel Adams, Beaumont Newhall, Dorothea Lange, Edward Weston, Emmet Gowin, Fredericks' Photographic Temple of Art, Gertrude Kasebier, Henry Peach Robinson, History of Photography, Lee Friedlander, Looking at Photographs, Mortenson, Photographic Criticism, Robert Capa, Robert Frank, Stephen Shore, William Eggleston, Winogrand
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A Narrative of Paradigms
American Photography by Miles Orvell, Oxford History of Art Series. In his introduction, Miles Orvell sets out a challenge for himself: to tell the history of photography in America as “a narrative of successive paradigms, rather than a string of … Continue reading
A ‘Must Have’ Photoshop Book
Scott Kelby’s 7-Point System for Adobe Photoshop A couple of years ago I picked up Scott Kelby’s Adobe Photoshop CS3 Book for Digital Photographers. It’s an excellent reference book and I highly recommend the edition for whatever version of Photoshop you happen … Continue reading
Oxford History’s thought-provoking review of photography
The Photograph by Graham Clarke The Photograph by Graham Clarke is the first of three planned books on photography in the Oxford History of Art series. The second is American Photography by Miles Orvell, which I’ll review at a later … Continue reading
An accessible and entertaining history
A World History of Photography by Naomi Rosenblum. Don’t be intimidated by Naomi Rosenblum’s 640-page history of photography. It’s surprisingly accessible and unpretentious. It’s a long, but easy, read for anyone who wants to understand photography and photographers in context. … Continue reading
Is Photography Dead?
Obviously not. Rather, has photography in all its aspects been so thoroughly explored and its language so highly perfected that there just isn’t that much left to say anymore? Are we all just repeating what’s gone before us? Documentary photographers … Continue reading
Books Every Serious Photographer Must Have
The best books on photography (regularly updated) One of the consequences of my interest in photography is that I acquire and read too many photography books. I hope to develop this site as a resource for other photographers seeking out … Continue reading →
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