Book Mini-Review: André Kertész: The Early Years
This is the first in a series of brief book reviews. There are blogs (like 5B4 and The Photo Book) devoted to reviewing photography books, and I’m not going to try to achieve the the level of depth...
View Articlebook mini-review: Bresson: Europeans
This is the second in a series of short reviews of photography books. See the first, along with disclaimer, here. * Title: Europeans * Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson * Wikipedia * Text: Jean...
View ArticleSnap Judgment: Harvey Pekar’s version of Studs Terkel’s Working
Note: This isn’t photographic, but I think it’s sufficiently relevant since some of the problems are problems familiar to photography. I came across this today while browsing at Moe’s. I was...
View ArticleTwo of Four Books
On a recent trip to Moe’s, I picked up three books: Walker Evans: The Hungry Eye, ed. Gilles Mora and John T. Hill Edward Weston: The Flame of Recognition, ed. Nancy Newhall Andre Kertesz: His Life...
View ArticleMaterials against language
At the laundromat today, I was reading _Japanese Photobooks of the 1960’s and 70’s_, and I came across this delightful passage from the manifesto of _Provoke_, an influential publication of the time....
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