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Very interesting, thought-provoking essays about photography and it's issues/accomplishments since it's birth. I don't want to sell this book to an... (show more)
The Photography Reader
The Photography Reader is a comprehensive collection of twentieth-century writings on photography- its production, its uses and effects. Encompassing essays by photographers including Edward Weston and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and key thinkers from Walter Benjamin to Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag, the reader traces the development of ideas about photography, exploring issues such as identity, consumption, the gaze, and digital technology. Each themed section features an editor's introduction set... (show more)
The Photography Reader is a comprehensive collection of twentieth-century writings on photography- its production, its uses and effects. Encompassing essays by photographers including Edward Weston and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and key thinkers from Walter Benjamin to Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag, the reader traces the development of ideas about photography, exploring issues such as identity, consumption, the gaze, and digital technology. Each themed section features an editor's introduction setting ideas and debates in their historical and theoretical context. (show less)
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Of the 42 articles contained in this volume, I would say that there are only about 7 or 8 of them that (a) are any good, (b) make any sense, (c) ar... (show more)
Of the 42 articles contained in this volume, I would say that there are only about 7 or 8 of them that (a) are any good, (b) make any sense, (c) are unpretentious, (d) are well-written, and (e) doesn't make me want to tell the illiterate authors to go back to school and learn how to write. The section on 'Photography and the postmodern' is the absolutely worse: the three authors cannot even state what 'postmodernism' is nor what its purported arguments are supposed to be. (show less)
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Excellent compilation text about photography from a critical perspective. Shutterbugs might find the writing tedious, but academics and photographers will find great material in here.
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Love the great essays. A must for a beginner in photography who want to add deeper layers to his/her artistic pursuit.
Jeffrey Djayasaputra 3 months ago
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