David Levi Strauss: Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (540 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597112143 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 207 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A must for photographers and photo consumers" according to TheRightReview. This is a phenomenal book that every photographer should read before even touching a camera again."Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics" by David Levi Strauss is a collection of writings, most of which came out during the '90s to review works by photographers and artists such as Alfredo Jaar, Francesca Woodman, Witkin, Miguel Rio Branco and Ania Bien. The very well argued points that the author makes across the book,. very good Danyal Very educating and moving in its content, and interesting to read as well. I have to admit I bought it because I saw John Berger wrote the introduction. So, it is a good, new discovery for me which I would recommend to all.. Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics Politics rules our lives. Just think of the images that came out of the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement. The behind the scenes pictures of the daily Presidential grind. This book is an invaluable insight into the reality of our daily, increasingly difficult lives.
David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic in New York. 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. His previous publications include Between Dog and Wolf: Essays on Art & Politics and The Legacy of Landmines, a collaboration with photographer Bobby Neel Adams.John B
From Publishers Weekly In her recent book Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag concludes that an aesthetic reaction is part of the viewer's experience of even shots of extreme pain or violence. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. . Written more than 10 years ago, the lead piece of these 18 essays on photography weighs in on aestheticization and also finds that, even in "social documentary" photographs, "aestheticization" is one of the ways that disparate peoples recognize themselves in one another." Yet despite the similar subject matter and terminology, poet and critic Levi Strauss carves out unique and convincing critical terrain in this follow-up to Between Dog and Wolf, his previous collection of critical meditations. "Photography and Propaganda," a study of the work and deaths in '80s Central America of photojournalists Richard Cross and John Hoagland, should be r
The essays collected in "Between the Eyes" address topics ranging from propaganda and the imagery of dreams, to Sebastião Salgado's epic social documents and the deeply personal photographic revelations of Francesca Woodman. In an era of social confusion and visual pandemonium, David Levi Strauss tackles issues of photography and politics in a way that few critics today are courageous enough to attempt. Reviewing the first edition of "Between the Eyes," "Publisher's Weekly" wrote: "'Photography and Propaganda, ' a study of the work and deaths in '80s Central America of photojournalists Richard Cross and John Hoagland, should be required reading in the age of embeddedness, and 'Photography and Belief' is a terrific meditation on truth in the age of digital manipulation.". Other issues broached here include the legitimacy of photographic imagery and the media frenzy surrounding the events of September 11, as well as essays on the work of Ania Bien, Miguel Rio Branco, Alfredo Jaar, Joel-Peter Witkin and others, plus an interview with painter Leon Golub (who worked from