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Darsie Alexander,
Roger Hargreaves,
Liz Jobey,
Mary Warner Marien,
Sheena Wagstaff,
Dominic Willsdon,
Geoffrey Batchen,
David Campany,
Nigel Warburton,
Val Williams,
Martin Parr
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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN num: 9781597110174
ISBN number: 1597110175
Label: Aperture
Manufacturer: Aperture
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 128
Printing Date: February 01, 2006
Publishing house: Aperture
Release Date: February 01, 2006
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Studio: Aperture
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Spanning 170 years, from William Henry Fox Talbot's very first negative to Jeff Wall's latest constructed tableau, Singular Images collects thought-provoking essays on individual photographs, one image per writer. The essayists consider, sometimes in highly personal ways, the artist's intention, their own response, the work's technical complexities, its historical context or its formal properties. Each text captures a sense of how challenging it is to create a perfect single piece. Art photography has been increasingly well-surveyed in recent years, but individual works have rarely been written about at length, perhaps because of lingering doubt that a single photograph can command the kind of sustained attention often given to individual paintings or sculptures. Singular Images is a lively inquiry into the value of analyzing individual photographs, and it persuasively encourages the reader to engage at length and in depth with one remarkable piece at a time. With its broad scope and diverse range of issues, it can also be read as an informal--and thoroughly entertaining--introduction to art photography. Featuring essays by some of the most brilliant critical minds in the field, including David Campany on Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, Darsie Alexander on Nan Goldin and Liz Jobey on Diane Arbus.
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Singular Images: Essays On Remarkable Photographs covers well over 150 years of photography, from Talbot's very first negative to the latest changes in photographic art. Essays collect analysis of individual photos however, not the genre as a whole, focusing on a single image's achievements and exploring artist intention, technical and historical background, and the artistic community's response. Black and white photos blend with in-depth analysis to show what makes an achievement exceptional in the photography field.
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