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Is Robert Adams the finest writer on photography?
Beauty in Photography, Robert Adams, Aperture The measure of a great essay is that after one reads it, there is simply nothing more to say. That is my reaction to Robert Adams’ Beauty in Photography. I have read it and … Continue reading
Interview: Philip Gefter and Buzz Hartshorn
I enjoyed Philip Gefter’s collection of essays “Photography After Frank.” So, when I saw this interview by Gefter of Willis “Buzz” Hartshorn, the director of the International Center of Photography, I knew I would want to re-post it. I’m not … Continue reading
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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Two Languages: Words and Pictures
Philip Gefter, Photography After Frank. “Many people approach the act of looking at photographs with an inherent blind spot. They need to know what it is before they can appreciate how it looks.” For me this statement, and the essay … Continue reading
Stephen Shore Lecture
Here’s an interesting video of Stephen Shore giving a talk at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture in London in October, 2010. I wanted to simply embed the video, but the school apparently doesn’t like to share its free … Continue reading
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
On Topographics, Street Photogaphy and Lewis Sullivan
Perhaps it’s just me. But when I visited three separate exhibitions and a single piece in the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago they meshed into a larger reflection on the context, connections and cross-pollinating influences of street … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Exhibitions, Great Photographers, On Photography
Tagged Aaron Siskind, Art Exhibits, Art Institute of Chicago, Bernd Becher, David Plowden, Gary Stochl, Hilla Becher, John Szarkowski, Lewis Baltz, Looking at Photographs, New Topigraphics, Photographic Criticism, Richard Nickel, Robert Frank, Walker Evans
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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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