David Levi Strauss: Between the Eyes: Essays on Photography and Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597112147)

In an era of social confusion and visual pandemonium, David Levi Strauss tackles issues of photography and politics in a way that few critics today are courageous enough to attempt. The essays collected in "Between the Eyes" address topics ranging from propaganda and the imagery of dreams, to Sebasti縊 Salgado's epic social documents and the deeply personal photographic revelations of Francesca Woodman. Other issues broached here include the legitimacy of photographic imagery and the media frenzy surrounding the events of September 11, as well as essays on the work of Ania Bien, Miguel Rio Branco, Alfredo Jaar, Joel-Peter Witkin and others, plus an interview with painter Leon Golub (who worked from photographs). Reviewing the first edition of "Between the Eyes," "Publisher's Weekly" wrote: "'Photography and Propaganda, ' a study of the work and deaths in '80s Central America of photojournalists Richard Cross and John Hoagland, should be required reading in the age of embeddedness, and 'Photography and Belief' is a terrific meditation on truth in the age of digital manipulation."

Author: David Levi Strauss
ISBN-10: 1597112143
ISBN-13: 9781597112147
Publisher: Aperture
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2012
Pages: 207
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.50d