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"The Picture Not Taken" by Benjamin Swett is a history book focused on Photography Basics. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
An ecologically minded collection of essays in the vein of Rebecca Solnit and Susan Sontag, covering everything from the equipment of photography to the difficulties of perception itself. In The Picture Not Taken, the photographer and writer Benjamin Swett considers the intersections between photography, memory, the natural world, and the course of life in essays on subjects that include family snapshots, images of racial violence, the shape of abiding love, and the experience of unforseen and irremediable loss. In these beautifully written, deeply affecting pages, Swett moves with a wonderful improvisatory freedom among his chosen themes. The Picture Not Taken is a book of transfixing pieces that possesses the intensity and integrity and heft of the wholly new.
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"The Picture Not Taken" by Benjamin Swett is a history book focused on Photography Basics. Best for general readers, students, and topic-focused learners.
Topic: Photography Basics
Author: Benjamin Swett
Who this is for:
- Students
- Educators
- Interested readers
Why this book matters: It gives readers useful context, background, and perspective on the subject through a focused and accessible presentation.
An ecologically minded collection of essays in the vein of Rebecca Solnit and Susan Sontag, covering everything from the equipment of photography to the difficulties of perception itself. In The Picture Not Taken, the photographer and writer Benjamin Swett considers the intersections between photography, memory, the natural world, and the course of life in essays on subjects that include family snapshots, images of racial violence, the shape of abiding love, and the experience of unforseen and irremediable loss. In these beautifully written, deeply affecting pages, Swett moves with a wonderful improvisatory freedom among his chosen themes. The Picture Not Taken is a book of transfixing pieces that possesses the intensity and integrity and heft of the wholly new.
| Author | Benjamin Swett |
| Publisher | New York Review of Books |
| Published | 2024-10-29 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781681378633 |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Pages | 209 |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Photography |
| Topic | Photography Basics |
Format: Paperback
Length: 209 pages
Language: English
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