The Ongoing Moment - Brossura

Dyer, Geoff

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0349118884 ISBN 13: 9780349118888

Casa editrice: Abacus, 2006

Riassunto

In his last book, YOGA FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T BE BOTHERED TO DO IT, Geoff Dyer confessed that not only did he not take pictures in the course of his travels but that he did not own a camera. With characteristic perversity - and trademark originality - THE ONGOING MOMENT is an idiosyncratic history of photography. Seeking to identify their signature styles Dyer looks at the ways that canonical figures such as Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Diane Arbus and William Eggleston have photographed the SAME things (benches, hats, hands, roads). In doing so he constructs a narrative in which the same photographers - many of whom never met in their lives - constantly come into contact with each other.

Great photographs change the way we see the world; THE ONGOING MOMENT changes the way we look at both. It is the most ambitious example to date of a form of writing that Dyer has made his own; The non-fiction work of art.

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Recensione:

Engaging (THE SPECTATOR)

Dyer at his absolute best (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

One of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever ... Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible (SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Dyer is a master of the close-up, a hawk-eyed spotter of small coincidences (INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY)

Descrizione del libro:

* A brilliant, personal and original view of photography.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Abacus
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0349118884
• ISBN 13: 9780349118888
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 304