
Diary of a Camera
Richard Quinney(Author)
Borderland Books (Publisher)
Published on 23. September 2015
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-9835174-8-1 (ISBN)
Description
Diary of a Camera is Richard Quinney's meditation on the art and history of photography. Printed in the tradition of fine art photography, this handsome book features 173 photographs by Quinney, each accompanied by a narrative vignette that provides perspectives on the history of photography and the changing technology of making visual images. It will appeal to a wide range of photographers, from occasional photographers to professional documentary and fine art photographers.
Readers and viewers will learn immediately that the narrator of Diary of a Camera is the camera itself. The camera tells the story of what it is to be a camera, how and what the camera selects to photograph, and reflections on being a camera in the course of a year of photographing.
Readers and viewers will learn immediately that the narrator of Diary of a Camera is the camera itself. The camera tells the story of what it is to be a camera, how and what the camera selects to photograph, and reflections on being a camera in the course of a year of photographing.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
173 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-9835174-8-1 (9780983517481)
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Person
Richard Quinney is the author of many photography books, including Borderland: A Midwest Journal; Once Upon an Island: Photographs of Manhattan, 1969-70; A Sense Sublime; and Things Once Seen. He is the founder of the independent press Borderland Books.