| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Aperture ideas: writers and artists on photography |
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Writers and artists on photography.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The pleasures of good photographs -- Literate, authoritative, transcendent: Walker Evans's American photographs -- Simply the best: John Szarkowski and Eugène Atget -- A tale of two portraits: La comtesse de Castiglione and Blind woman -- The other Americans: Richard Avedon's Nothing personal -- Ruthless courtesies: the making of Martin Parr -- A certain sensibility: John Gossage, the photographer as auteur -- Pleasant Sundays: Robert Adams's Listening to the river -- From here to eternity: the expeditionary artworks of Thomas Joshua Cooper -- Invisible city: the L.A. street photographs of Anthony Hernande -- Far from New York City: The grapevine work of Susan Lippe -- Country matters: Anna Fox's Photographs 1983-2007 -- Odysseys: Patrick Zachmann and contemporary diaspora -- From Diane Arbus to Cindy Sherman: an exhibition proposal -- Without author or art: the "quiet" photograph -- Elliptical narratives: some thoughts on the photobook -- It's art, but is it photography? Some thoughts on photoshop. |
| Subject |
Composition (Photography)
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Photography -- History.
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Photography -- Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
9781597111393 paperback alkaline paper |
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1597111392 paperback alkaline paper |
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