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The Critical Eye
Fifteen Pictures to Understand Photography
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Ideal for students, scholars, and enthusiasts of photography and visual culture, as well as anyone interested in developing a more thoughtful and critical approach to viewing photographic works.
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The Critical Eye provides a comprehensive approach to the critical understanding of photography through an in-depth discussion of fifteen photographs and their contexts—historical, generic, biographical, and aesthetic. Lyle Rexer argues that by concentrating on just a few carefully chosen works, it is possible to understand the history, development, and contemporary situation of photography.
Looking at images by photographers such as Roland Fischer, Myoung Ho Lee, Zanele Muholi, and Ernest Cole, The Critical Eye addresses a wide range of issues involved in photography, from authorial self-consciousness to the role of the audience. With every chapter, it seeks to link the history of photography to current practice.
Series: Investigations of Lens and Screen Arts
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"It seems to me just what photo history needs now. People have forgotten how to look at photographs, so I applaud the concept, as well as the spot-on topics." – Stephen Pinson, curator, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rexer challenges readers to truly understand photography by focusing on selected images, inviting us to stop and deeply engage with photographs rather than passively consume them. The book encourages critical and sceptical viewing, exploring how photographs function and how we interpret them, making it a key contribution to photographic discourse.
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ISBN: 9781783209842
Publisher: Intellect
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Intellect Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly
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Width: 220.0mm
Height: 220.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 152
About the Author
Lyle Rexer is a writer, curator, critic and columnist, as well as a course leader at the School of Visual Arts. As well as being the author of numerous books on photography, he has also contributed to The New York Times, The New Yorker, Damn Magazine and Photograph Magazine. Lyle is the recipient of various prestigious awards, including the international Rhodes Scholar award.
Also by Lyle Rexer
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