Between the Eyes : Essays on Photography and Politics

by Strauss, David Levi

• ISBN13: 9781931788106
• ISBN10: 1931788103
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Persuasive and Poetic Writing On Photography and Photographers In Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography, David Levi Strauss tackles subjects ranging from "Photography and Propaganda" to the imagery of dreams; from Sebastiatilde;o Salgado's epic social documents to the deeply personal photographic revelations of Francesca Woodman. The timely issue of photographic legitimacy is addressed in the essay "Photography and Belief," and in "The Highest Degree of Illusion," Strauss discusses the media frenzy surrounding the events of September 11th. These essays have been published in a broad range of magazines, including Aperture, Artforum, and The Nation. David Levi Strauss is a writer whose visual and intellectual sensibilities are both acute and encompassing. His previous publications include Between Dog and Wolf: Essays on Art and Politics and Broken Wings: The Legacy of Landmines (a collaboration with photographer Bobby Neel Adams). The collection of essays in Between the Eyes reveals that Strauss's thinking on photography is provocative, lively, and relevant.

Author Biography

David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic in New York, where his essays and reviews appear regularly in Artforum and Aperture. His collection of essays on art and politics are Between Dog and Wolf and Broken Wings: The Legacy of Landmines.

Table of Contents

Introduction Where Are We?	vii
John Berger
The Documentary Debate	2	(10)
Photography and Propaganda	12	(30)
Epiphany of the Other	42	(9)
An Alchemical Disturbance	51	(5)
Broken Wings	56	(9)
A Threnody for Street Kids	65	(6)
Photography and Belief	71	(8)
A Sea of Griefs Is Not a Proscenium	79	(27)
Beauty and the Beast, Right Between the Eyes	106	(9)
A Second Gaze	115	(9)
After You, Dearest Photography	124	(10)
``I Myself Will Be the Chisel''	134	(8)
Where the Camera Cannot Go	142	(14)
Can You Hear Me?	156	(9)
A Ferocious Philosophy	165	(17)
The Highest Degree of Illusion	182	(4)
Three Image-Texts	186	(6)
In the Dark	192	(6)
Acknowledgments	198	(4)
Index	202