Description: On Photographs, Hardcover by Campany, David, ISBN 0262044242, ISBN-13 9780262044240, Brand New, Free shipping in the US An exploration of photography in 120 photographs.
In On Photographs, curator and writer David Campany presents an exploration of photography in 120 photographs. Proceeding not by chronology or genre or photographer, Campanys eclectic selection unfolds according to its own logic. We see work by Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Helen Levitt, Garry Winogrand, Yves Louise Lawler, Andreas Gursky, and Rineke Dijkstra. There is fashion photography by William Klein, one of Vivian Maiers 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 Campanys lucid and incisive commentary, considering the history of that image and its creator, interpreting its content and meaning, and connecting and contextualizing it with visual culture. Image by image, we absorb and appreciate Campanys complex yet playful take on photography and its history.
The title, On Photographs, alludes to Susan Sontags influential and groundbreaking On Photography. As an undergraduate, Campany met Sontag and questioned her assessment of photography without including specific photographs. Sontag suggested that someday Campany could write his own book on the subject, titled On Photographs. Now he has.
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Book Title: On Photographs
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: History
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Photography
Item Weight: 34.1 Oz
Author: David Campany
Item Length: 8.8 in
Item Width: 7.1 in
Format: Hardcover
