The pleasures of good photographs : essays / by Gerry Badger.
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TextPublication details: New York : Aperture, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: p. cmISBN: - 1597111392 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9781597111393 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 770 BAD
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 770 BAD (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100398255 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Pleasures of Good Photographs is an intellectual and aesthetic excursion led by Gerry Badger, one of the field's eminent critics and popular writers. In this new volume of essays, Badger offers insight into some of his favorite images, artists, and themes, drawing upon nearly three decades of experience writing and thinking about photography. With deep discernment and a readable mixture of scholarly finesse and wit, Badger describes the meanings of work by dozens of photographers, from Dorothea Lange and Eugène Atget to Martin Parr, Luc Delahaye, Susan Lipper, and Paul Graham. Among the broader topics discussed are the photobook, where Badger believes "photography sings its loudest and most complex song," and Photoshop's role in art-making. An interlude at the heart of the book pairs the author's evocative meditations with nearly a dozen particular images. Alongside some of Badger's classics, The Pleasures of Good Photographs showcases primarily new essays, making it an important addition to the canon of photographic writing.
Includes bibliographical references and index.