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On Photographs

Autor David Campany
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 oct 2020
"In On Photographs, curator and writer David Campany presents an exploration of photography in 120 photographs. Proceeding not by chronology or genre or photographer, Campany's eclectic selection unfolds according to its own logic. We see work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, Louise Lawler, Andreas Gursky, and Rineke Dijkstra. There is fashion photography by William Klein, one of Vivian Maier's contact sheets, and a carefully staged scene by Gregory Crewdson, as well as images culled from magazines and advertisements. Each of the 120 photographs is accompanied by Campany's lucid and incisive commentary, considering the history of that image and its creator, interpreting its content and meaning, and connecting and contextualizing it within visual culture. Image by image, we absorb and appreciate Campany's complex yet playful take on photography and its history. The title, On Photographs, alludes to Susan Sontag's influential and groundbreaking On Photography. As an undergraduate, Campany met Sontag and questioned her assessment of photography without including specific photographs. Sontag graciously suggested that someday Campany could write his own book on the subject, titled On Photographs. Now he has"--Publisher's website, viewed October 21, 2020
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780262044240
ISBN-10: 0262044242
Pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 178 x 220 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.95 kg
Editura: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LLC

Notă biografică

David Campany is a curator and writer based in London. He is the author of Walker Evans: The Magazine Work, The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, Jeff Wall: Picture for Women (Afterall Books/MIT Press), and other books.

Cuprins

Introduction . The Photographs . List of Works . Further Reading

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A personally guided introduction to photographic images and what they mean by one of the leading writers and curators of our time