La bellezza in fotografia

A small, quiet book by a great photographer. I recommend you read it outdoors. Under the shade of a giant oak perhaps. In it you might find something you needed to hear again. You were looking for that re-assurance and didn't even know it. A re-affirmation of what you've always believed to be the mo Leggi tutto

Ho trovato molti spunti di riflessione interessanti e mai banali. Tolgo una stella perché talvolta mi ha dato un'impressione un pochino "moraleggiante".

Eccellente raccolta di riflessioni, che spiegano il senso del paesaggio per Adams. Il saggio che dà titolo al libro è imprescindibile.

These essays fluently articulate Robert Adams' traditional, classicist approach to art making. Photography exists to make intelligible what we already know. The proper goal of art is Beauty, and Beauty is "a synonym for the coherence and structure underlying life." A good picture, therefore, is a re Leggi tutto

BEAUTY IN PHOTOGRAPHY by Robert Adams is a collection of nine essays, including one that serves as the title for the book. These essays pose some good questions, such as this from the first chapter: “…is it possible for art to be more than lies?” (p.14) Whether your first response is “yes” or “no,” Leggi tutto

Robert Adams's collection of essays on art is a delightful, accessible read for anyone interested not only in photography but also in the place of art, including difficult art, in our world. I read this for grad school (technically, I didn't have to finish it, but might as well!) and was surprised by Leggi tutto

This is a straightforward little book of essays that is both very accessible and profound. Robert Adams is a well-known photographer of the American West and was an exhibitor in the New Topographics show that influenced the course of contemporary landscape photography. Speaking about beauty in art ha Leggi tutto

Robert Adams' Beauty in Photography is a well curated and personal overview of the uniquely collaborative nature of the camera and photographer. While you will certainly find a series of sparsely written, deeply felt essays in defence of traditional values, as its subtitle suggests, at its core, the Leggi tutto

Words and pictures communicate. The words may change from person to person, from edition to later edition. The meaning of pictures may also change according to context. Great works of literature change from one reader to the next and maintain their greatness in the minds of serial readers who react