Singular Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs

by Howarth, Sophie

• ISBN13: 9781597110174
• ISBN10: 1597110175
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-15
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Spanning 170 years, from William Henry Fox Talbot's first negative to the latest constructed tableau by Jeff Wall, Singular Images is a collection of thought-provoking essays on individual photographs. Each essay focuses on the uniqueness of one particular image, exploring the artist's intention, the work's technical complexities, its historical context, and the individual writer's response to it. The essays all capture a sense of how challenging it is to create a perfect single image. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
William Henry Fox Talbot: Latticed Window (with the Camera Obscura), August 1835 1835	p. 15
Charles Negre: Chimney Sweeps Walking 1852	p. 25
Julia Margaret Cameron: Iago, Study from an Italian 1867	p. 35
Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp: Dust Breeding 1920	p. 47
Bill Brandt: A Snicket, Halifax 1937	p. 57
Diane Arbus: A young Brooklyn family going for a Sunday outing, N.Y.C. 1966	p. 67
Martin Parr: Jubilee Street Party, Elland, Yorkshire 1977	p. 81
Nan Goldin: The Hug, New York City 1980	p. 89
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Aegean Sea, Pilion 1990	p. 99
Thomas Struth: San Zaccaria, Venice 1995	p. 109
Jeff Wall: A view from an apartment 2004-5	p. 119
Notes on Contributors	p. 125
Details of Illustrated Works	p. 126
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