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Understanding a Photograph

By John Berger
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Understanding a Photograph by John Berger is a thought-provoking exploration of the meaning and impact of photography. Through insightful essays, Berger delves into how photographs shape our perception of reality and influence our understanding of history and culture, encouraging readers to view images with a critical eye. Ideal for art enthusiasts, it challenges traditional notions and offers a fresh perspective on visual representation.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the profound insights that art can offer into society and history. It delves into the ways we interpret and find meaning in photographs, guided by the keen observations of a respected art critic. This book may appeal to you if you have a passion for visual culture and a curiosity about the connections between images and the human experience.

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Understanding a Photograph

Contains essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with fierce engagement, intensity and tenderness.

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A selection of John Berger's writings on photography, including incredible images, edited & selected by Geoff Dyer.

John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most original of the twentieth century. This selection contains many groundbreaking essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues, in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and W. Eugene Smith— and the lives of those photographed—with fierce engagement, intensity, and tenderness.

The selection is made and introduced by Geoff Dyer, author of the award-winning The Ongoing Moment.

How do we see the world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative thinkers whose writings on art, design, and the media have changed our vision forever.

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Understanding a Photograph is praised as a significant contribution to art and photography criticism. John Berger, acclaimed for his insightful writing, offers profound thoughts on the relationship between photography and political and social structures. His essays are appreciated for their depth, readability, and thought-provoking nature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141392028

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 November 2013

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by Geoff Dyer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 113.0mm

Height: 182.0mm

Weight: 168g

Pages: 240

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Arts & Culture John Berger Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

John Berger (Author) John Berger was born in London in 1926. His acclaimed works of both fiction and non-fiction include the seminal Ways of Seeing and the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962 he left Britain permanently, to live in a small village in the French Alps. He died in 2017. Geoff Dyer (External Editor) Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, including But Beautiful, which was awarded the Somerset Maugham Prize, and Out of Sheer Rage, which was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. The winner of a Lannan Literary Award, the International Centre of Photography's 2006 Infinity Award for writing on photography, the American Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award, a National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism and a Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction, Dyer is a regular contributor to many publications in the UK and the US. He lives in California.

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