Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values by Bruce Adams


Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values
Title : Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values
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Language : 0893813680
Format Type : Se alla format
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Publication : Aperture; New ed utgåvan (1 Juni 2004)

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Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values Reviews

  • Grant Dixon

    While dont agree with every idea Adams presents it is a book that makes me think and think again and again. If you are serious about the art of photography this is a must have. I have read it twice in a week and will read it again and again as the ideas are that important..

  • Shawn Barker

    Unabashedly devoid of post modernist theory. Adams offers a great set of essays on why we should care about art—specifically photography as art. Often the over theorized approach to art skips over the human experience of art. As a philosopher and an artist, I find this a real shame as it only serves to further turn the arts inward on itself, forgetting the intangible universality of the human experience of beauty, art, and creativity—not to mention the fact that it is an approach that doesnt check itself against the experienced reality of the subjective (a major flaw if youre looking to truthfully address reality). Always a pleasure to read the conversational essay style of Adams. He brings high ideas into consumable, comprehensive language, and best of all makes art enjoyable.

  • GH

    An absolutely lovely book looking at several aspects of photography and discussing them in depth.Should a photographer, especially a documentary photographer manipulate and enhance the scene in front of him as an artist does or perhaps he already does when he chooses his viewpoint and selects a filter etc..some things I had not thought of before, made me think.Well worth the money and an asset to the library of any photographer.

  • vintagehairstylist

    So glad I purchased this book, its proved an invaluable resource for essay writing. Its written in such an easily accessible way that Ive found it MUCH easier to read than Barthes or Berger. Im sure I will dip in to this book time and time again.

  • Dean Dicorcia

    Poor Adams it seems the only way to get out of his head is to think through the subjects bothering him and put it down on paper. He should take up photography or something haha.I love this book. Its short and easy and probably as concise as humanly possible, given the authors personality and education.I try to stay away from reading too much about photography. It seems Adams is way ahead of me on this issue, as he notes in the title essay. This book was recommended to me by someone whose pictures I admire for their powerful simplicity.This book now goes on the shelf with all time keepers. Its a good prompt to think about what exactly am I doing with a camera and how to maintain that activity for the long haul.