Tag Archives: Emmet Gowin

Gretchen Garner is hot!

Posted on January 7, 2011 by admin

Disappearing Witness. Gretchen Garner. I thought that might get your attention. To clarify, and to avoid any domestic problems, it’s really Garner’s book Disappearing Witness that I’m infatuated with. Most photography critiques don’t exactly qualify as page-turners. But, I find … Continue reading →

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Two Languages: Words and Pictures

Posted on January 4, 2011 by admin

Philip Gefter, Photography After Frank. “Many people approach the act of looking at photographs with an inherent blind spot. They need to know what it is before they can appreciate how it looks.” For me this statement, and the essay … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Beaumont

Posted on November 23, 2010 by admin

The History of Photography by Beaumont Newhall. The Museum of Modern Art (1982 Edition) Beaumont Newhall’s History of Photography is so much a part of the history that it documents that it can be hard to read it today and … Continue reading →

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