to whomever recommended I read Dyer's "The Ongoing Moment"

[Hjortsberg]

thank you to whomever recommended that book to me. I'm enjoying it very much. Some parts are slow here and there, but overall it's very enlightening.

Thank you

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Look into some of A.D. Coleman's books too. "Depth of Field" and "Critical Focus" are two of my favorite Coleman books on Photography. Another interesting one is Joel Eisinger's "Trace and Transformation".

 

[Richard G]

It was d_ross. Good recommendation.

 

[Hjortsberg]

i do have to say in the book the whole section about Paul Strand/Alfred Stieglitz/Georgia O' Keeffe/Rebecca Strand nude photo taking went on entirely too long. I mean, I get it: Stieglitz and Strand like to take pictures of naked ladies. I GET IT. And when there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel as that part of the book winds up, but no, now we got hear about how much Edward Weston likes to take nudie pictures.

Talk about tedium.

 

[jsrockit]

Yes, this book is hit or miss for me... when it is good, it is great, but I agree with Hjortsberg about the nudes part. yawn. 🙂

 

[Richard G]

Yes it's patchy, imperfect. But there is nothing like it. Dyer likes to connect everything. Borges likes bizarre connections but he's a novelist and so such invention, usually very economical, needs no justification. Dyer is like the dinner party guest you've been mesmerized by, glad you're not responsible for inviting, looking forward to meeting again and too tired to listen to this time.