- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company (6 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0316730254
- ISBN-13: 978-0316730259
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 619,007 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'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 'Dyer's subtle, understated, unforgettable masterpiece deserves to join Susan Sontag's On Photography on our bookshelves' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'Dyer's meditations on the genre contain some intriguing insights and his elegant prose is a pleasure' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Dyer's quirky and original survey of American photography finds revealing angles on all its decisive moments. Enjoy a witty, incisive lesson in how to rescue cultural criticism from shuttered academia' Boyd Tonkin, INDEPENDENT 'Photographs are vivified and become catalysts for philosophical discussion, sprightly anecdotes and digressions . . . As readable as a novel but densely informative . . . Dyer is a richly informative and humorous commentator' OBSERVER
Alex Kershaw, Sunday Telegraph
'one of the most graceful ruminations on photography ever ... Dyer's tour de force is as inspirational as it is accessible'
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This isn't a book just for photographers. It's basically about enthusiasm and a writers excitement in photography. This enthusiasm is infectious and makes the book a real page-turner, which should inspire people to look differently at photographs. This is a partial study of photography, mostly 20th century American, it's Dyers personal journey through photography not a history or textbook. It should however be required reading on A Level Photography, just as "Way of Seeing" by Berger was on Art courses. I'd recommend this as a perfect Xmas present.
The only minus points are the reproductions and the lack of them. 93 photos are illustrated in the book, but mostly small and some missing due to over zealous copyright control (Robert Frank for instance, is very strict with others using his images. His exclusion from "Bystander: A History of Street Photography" was very noticeable and seems rather prissy. Frank does have a couple of photos in Dyers book. Frank has recently had definitive books published by Steidl). The American "Vintage" publication I presume deals with the images better due to it's larger size. I'd buy a reprint with proper reproductions for £30 (hint to publishers).
The only minus points are the reproductions and the lack of them. 93 photos are illustrated in the book, but mostly small and some missing due to over zealous copyright control (Robert Frank for instance, is very strict with others using his images. His exclusion from "Bystander: A History of Street Photography" was very noticeable and seems rather prissy. Frank does have a couple of photos in Dyers book. Frank has recently had definitive books published by Steidl). The American "Vintage" publication I presume deals with the images better due to it's larger size. I'd buy a reprint with proper reproductions for £30 (hint to publishers).
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I knew next to nothing about American photography before I started this but wanted to know, and see, a lot more of it by the end. The book's full of philosophy, language, sex, ego and rivalry - there are some great characters and stories!- , as well as photographed fences, hats, backs, nude lovers, petrol pumps, drive-ins, roads etc etc. It's pretty lateral in its wanderings (and wonderings), surprisingly academic in parts, and insistently interesting throughout.
14 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
To inspire me to again pick up my camera and to look at my own photographic output, I can't but not love this book.
Is there a subject Geoff can't write beautifully about?
My first five stars for a anything this year!
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Engaging for a time, then just plain silly
Perhaps this book isn't meant to be read straight through, because it is difficult to follow. The author states this himself, mentioning to readers that the point he is making will... Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2009 by Mr. R. J. MacRae
Ongoing enjoyment
Excellent and insightful discussion of American photography. Dyer brakes the routine (Yawn) of historical chronological discussion of photographers and their photos, for a theme... Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2009 by Mr. A. Lennon
The decisive moment,...the ongoing moment - explored
Dyer takes Cartier-Bresson's famous mantra and with enthusiasm explores that ongoing moment which makes photographers click...
Published on 18 Sep 2007 by pingpong
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