John Berger: Understanding a Photograph
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Photography & Video
John Berger: Understanding a Photograph Details
Review This is a series of Berger's essays, arranged chronologically, about photography's role in the shaping of society. –American PhotoThis new selection of more than 20 essays, edited by Geoff Dyer and including previously uncollected pieces, is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the power of this ubiquitous medium. Spanning some 40 years, they include pieces on the 1967 photograph of Che Guevara's corpse, on the meaning of photographs…on the shock effect of war images… There are also typically insightful pieces on Paul Strand, W. Eugene Smith, André Kertész and Henri Cartier-Bresson… As ever with Berger's writing, the theoretical is always informed by politics and a deeply felt humanity. –The Guardian Read more About the Author John Berger is a novelist, poet, screenwriter, and critic. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including To the Wedding, About Looking, and G., for which he was awarded the Booker Prize. Among his best-known works is the television series and book Ways of Seeing. He has received prestigious awards for his writing, including the Petrarca-Preis and a Golden PEN Award.Geoff Dyer is the author of a critical study of John Berger, Ways of Telling, and a critically acclaimed book on photography, The Ongoing Moment. He also has written four novels, and five genre-defying books, which include But Beautiful, awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize. Read more
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This is a book of essays explaining the fundemental role of photography and what photography's essence is, nothing more.The downside in my view is the paperback book I received has its print so small, I simply couldn't read more than a page a day because it gave me headaches. I've never seen a book with such small print. I've attached a photo.
