{"product_id":"living-with-his-camera-jane-gallop-9780822331025","title":"Living with His Camera","description":"Photography is usually written about from the point of view of either the photographer or the viewer. \u003ci\u003eLiving with His Camera\u003c\/i\u003e offers a perspective rarely represented--that of the photographed subject. Dick Blau has been making art photographs of the people he lives with for more than thirty years; cultural theorist Jane Gallop has been living with him--and his camera--for twenty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiving with His Camera\u003c\/i\u003e is Gallop's nuanced meditation on photography and the place it has in her private life and in her family. A reflection on family, it attempts--like Blau's photographs themselves--to portray the realities of family life beyond the pieties of conventional representations. \u003ci\u003eLiving with His Camera\u003c\/i\u003e is about some of the most pressing issues of visuality and some of the most basic issues of daily life. Gallop considers intimate photographs of moments both dramatic and routine: of herself giving birth to son Max or crying in the midst of an argument with Blau, pouring herself cereal as Max colors at the breakfast table, or naked, sweeping the floor. With her trademark candor, humor, and critical acumen, Gallop mixes personal reflection with close readings of Roland Barthes's \u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, Kathryn Harrison's novel \u003ci\u003eExposure\u003c\/i\u003e, and Pierre Bourdieu's \u003ci\u003ePhotography\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting his photographs and her text, \u003ci\u003eLiving with His Camera\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of a couple whose professional activity is part of their private lives and whose private life is viewed through their professional gazes. While most of us set aside rigorous thought when we turn to the sentimental realm of home life, Gallop and Blau look at each other not only with great affection but also with the keen focus of a sharp, critical gaze. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jane Gallop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822331020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822331025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.46h x 7.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2004 pg. 18 - Recommended\/Special Interest\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jane Gallop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46431319392511,"sku":"9780822331025","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61cb55af-e129-4769-aa7c-f3b09f4c5c73.jpg?v=1735140967","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/living-with-his-camera-jane-gallop-9780822331025","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}