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Summary: Clear and Smart
Review: I stumbled on this wonderful book whilst browsing for other photography books. This book while not breaking any new ground in Photography theory gives permission for the reader to reclaim and rexamine what a traditonal analog photograph can be. Admittedly it does not cover contemporary digital issues, it makes no claims to be this anyway, being more democratic in it's intention.This book has allowed me to clarify in a succinct and simple manner a variety of issues that I have known intuitively since becoming serious about my imnage making, and now feel better equipped to share with my students. This kind of writing is refreshing and uplifiting, something I feel is desirable in this hectic post modern world.
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Summary: Simple Succinct and Clarifying
Review: I stumbled on this wonderful book whilst browsing for other photography books. This book while not breaking any new ground in Photography theory gives permission for the reader to reclaim and rexamine what a traditonal analog photograph can be. Admittedly it does not cover contemporary digital issues, it makes no claims to be this anyway, being more democratic in it's intention. This book has allowed me to clarify in a succinct and simple manner a variety of issues that I have known intuitively since becoming serious about my imnage making, and now feel better equipped to share with my students. This kind of writing is refreshing and uplifiting, something I feel is desirable in this hectic post modern world.
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Summary: old news
Review: Mr. Shore's book couldn't possibly be more pretensious, or more out of touch with the fundamental changes that are taking place in the world of photography. His writing is wordy, his perspective self-promotional, and his ideas are trapped in the critical perspective of a mid 1970's college professor. If you're interested in a book that explores photography in the pre-digital era, you'd be better off spending your money on John Berger's "Ways of Seeing", or Sontag's "On Photography".
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Summary: Clear and Smart
Review: This book helped me understand photographs in a way I never did before. The writing is deceptively condensed. It is really full of ideas and meaning. Being aware of these ideas has hepled my own photography.
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Summary: Fine selection of photographs; rather esoteric discussion
Review: This is a beautifully designed book. The selection of photographs thoughtfully illustrates the way photography works. I enjoyed most especially the author's own "Luzzara Italy, 1993." The essay, though, is not always clear enough to support the author's ideas. One who is new to photography may have trouble understanding some of Mr Shore's concepts. For example, in the chapter "The Mental Level," he writes "If you right now become aware of the space between yourself and this page, there is a transmutation of your attention and perception. This sort of perceptual change...would for a photographer, lead to a realignment of his or her formal decisions in making a photograph.(p 65)" To put it plainly, if you think carefully about what you are seeing, you would likely discover something new about it. Such an insight would lead you to change the way you photograph it. Nevertheless, I like the book. I recommend it to you.
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Summary: Small simplistic expensive
Review: This is a very small book,a very simplistic book and a very expensive book. One saving grace is that it is beautifully printed.
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