
Light Matters
Writings on Photography
Vicki Goldberg(Author)
Aperture (Publisher)
Published on 10. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-1-59711-165-2 (ISBN)
Description
A leading voice in the field of photography criticism, Vicki Goldberg is well known for her cogent and perceptive writing. Aperture is pleased to release in paperback Light Matters, a selection of this remarkable author's essays and criticism culled from the past twenty-five years. Goldberg's take on photography is both insightful and expansive: her subjects range from pop icons to the imagery of death, from the commercial use of journalistic images to the onslaught of sexual content in art photography. She casts new light on the work of the medium's masters, including Evans, Brassai, and Arbus, while writing with equal acuity about contemporary trailblazers such as Eleanor Antin and Martin Parr. Dismissing cliches and de!ly negotiating the many diverging paths photography now fol lows, Goldberg demonstrates how to consider not just photographic images themselves, but their impact. Light Matters showcases a writer of great intelligence, wit, and insight, whose understanding of this multifarious and evolving medium is unsurpassed.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
Illustrated in black and white
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
357 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59711-165-2 (9781597111652)
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Vicki Goldberg is the author of numerous texts, including The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives (1991). In 1997, she received the International Center of Photography's prestigious Infinity Award. Goldberg lectures widely and writes for Aperture magazine and the New York Times, among other publications. Vicki Goldberg is the author of numerous texts, including The Power of Photography: How Photographs Changed Our Lives (1991). In 1997, she received the International Center of Photography's prestigious Infinity Award. Goldberg lectures widely and writes for Aperture magazine and the New York Times, among other publications.