Understanding a Photo

Understanding a Photograph

John Berger is hailed as one of the most original critics of photography in the 20th century. His writings, like Walter Benjamin's A Short History of Photography, Susan Sontag's On Photography, and Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, have inspired generations of photography enthusiasts, photographers, and those who, like him, write about photography.
Understanding a Photograph: John Berger on Photography is the quintessence of Berger's writing on photography over the past fifty years, meticulously compiled by renowned British author Geoff Dyer. Arranged chronologically, this comprehensive collection not only includes Berger's most influential photographic works, such as "The Uses of Photography," "Looks," and "Stories," but also includes previously uncollected reviews of his exhibitions and catalogs. The collection features a wide range of figures, from master photographers August Sander, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Eugene Smith to still-active photographers like Itka Hanzelova and Aram Shabli. These 24 essays represent, to a large extent, the highest level of John Berger's writing on photography.
The book includes nearly thirty classic black-and-white photographs, allowing readers to better understand the masterpieces of masters renowned in the history of photography such as August Sander and Paul Strand, as well as new works by masters who are still active in the creative front line such as Chris Killip, Itka Hanzelova and Aram Shabley while reading Berg's articles.

2021-07-01

广西师范大学出版社

Ideal Country

336

9787559838285