Mike's review
The Ongoing Moment
by Geoff Dyer
Mike's review
The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer
Mike's review
rating:
bookshelves:
photography
things photographers shoot:
the blind
musicians, particularly accordian
nudes
words
thought and thoughts
hats
beds, mostly unmade
benches
men in overcoats and hats
stairs
windows and doors
fences
old buildings
young women companions... if they're an old man
what's different seeing someone in the daytime vs. night?
what's the difference between a person's face and their back?
what's the difference of shooting stairs going up than down?
each photographer has a certain style subject matter they've staked out and yet other photographers will take very effective photographs in the other's style. there are many common threads and i think he reads photographs beautifully. confirms once again the stieglitz was an obsessive, unhappy person. this was much better than on photography by sontag. didn't get weighed down the metaphysics of photography... just talked about it unassumingly but very intelligently. liked that he set out to write a book without any prior knowl...more
the blind
musicians, particularly accordian
nudes
words
thought and thoughts
hats
beds, mostly unmade
benches
men in overcoats and hats
stairs
windows and doors
fences
old buildings
young women companions... if they're an old man
what's different seeing someone in the daytime vs. night?
what's the difference between a person's face and their back?
what's the difference of shooting stairs going up than down?
each photographer has a certain style subject matter they've staked out and yet other photographers will take very effective photographs in the other's style. there are many common threads and i think he reads photographs beautifully. confirms once again the stieglitz was an obsessive, unhappy person. this was much better than on photography by sontag. didn't get weighed down the metaphysics of photography... just talked about it unassumingly but very intelligently. liked that he set out to write a book without any prior knowl...more
