Philip Gefter: Photography After Frank (Aperture Ideas)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (548 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597110957 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 223 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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The book includes texts written exclusively for this publication as well as essays drawn from Gefter's critical writings, reviews and even obituaries. Along the way, he connects the dots of photography's evolution into what it is today, forging links between its episodes to reveal unsuspected leaps. Throughout "Photography After Frank," Gefter deftly demonstrates Frank's legacy in the work of dozens of important individual artists who followed in his wake, from Lee Friedlander and Nan Goldin to Stephen Shore and Ryan McGinley. In "Photography After Frank," former "New York Times" writer and picture editor Philip Gefter narrates the tale of contemporary photography, beginning at the pivotal moment when Robert Frank commenced his seminal works of the 1950s. "Photography After Frank" offers a page-turning approach to a subject that will appeal to students and art world aficionados alike.. Gefter takes Frank's "The Americans" as a decisive challenge to photographic objectivity, with its grainy, off-hand-seeming spontaneity and its documentation of life beyond the picket fence. Other areas of discussion include photojournalism, the recent diversity of portraiture styles, the influence of private and corporate collections on curatorial decisions and h
All along the way, he offers readers brief snippets -- many of the pieces have been taken from the Times or Aperture magazine, so they're no more than four pages -- on individual photographers and subjects like photo-realism or the market's effect on art-making." -- Valerie Palmer --Planet blog"Insightful and intelligent, Photography after Frank is a perceptive and journalistic approach to certain contemporary issues in photography." --HotShoe Magazine . "In accesible prose, Gefter's short essays manage to trace
He lives in New York City. His biography of Sam Wagstaff, Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, was published in 2014 (Liveright). He is currently at work on a biography of Richard Avedon. Philip Gefter was on staff at The New York Times for over fifteen years, where he wrote regularly about photography. . His essay
Truly, unfortunately misleading title and jacket blurb claims Markal To be even-handed at the outset, I must state that there are a number of things which recommend this book. Gefter is familiar with contemporary photography and is able to convey a good sense of his essay subjects in a page or two, the length of most of the essays in this collection. There is a wide ra. Shane P. Godfrey said Art Appreciation Only. I started reading it about a week ago and have made it half way through. Though I have not completed the book, I feel as though my review won't change much once I reach the end (if I ever do).The writer, Philip Gefter, wrote for the New York times and several other publications in his career. Each of . Essential Reading James D []When people ask me what they need to do to understand the world of fine art photography, I tell them: go to galleries, preview auctions, and read the photography criticism in The New York Times. The Times suggestion was in large part because of the timely, eloquent, and provocative writing of Philip