Instructional Photography: Learning How to Live Now

by Carmen Winant (Artist)

A timely and explosive book by acclaimed artist and writer Carmen Winant, Instructional Photography offers an investigation of a genre of photographs Winant calls “instructional.” It asks: can photographs teach, in and of themselves? Alternating between found images and shorter, text-based observations, Winant delves into this category of images through her own collection, understanding them as something beyond, or at least in between, documentary and fine art. Included in the volume are pictures of dog-training techniques, home gynecological exams and sitting Shiva, among many others. The book builds on a presentation that Winant delivered at the MoMA Contemporary Photo Forum in September 2020.

Genres: Photography, Art, Nonfiction, Feminism

120 pages, Paperback

Published November 1, 2021

Reviews

[James Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carmen is good. Carmen's book is good. It's a good idea to read Carmen's book.

[Hien Tran · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like it carmen!

[dv · Rating 3 out of 5]

Buono per le idee e per la realizzazione (inclusa la forma editoriale della collana di SPBH, che fa parte di Mack), animato da uno spirito femminista che trova le sue radici negli anni '70, soffre forse un po' di senso didascalico, oltre che di brevità e scarsa articolazione del discorso.

[Jona Meijer · Rating 5 out of 5]

super interesting!

[Brechje De Jonge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Deed me denken aan ways of seeing, veeeerrry interesting