Reviews for The Photograph as Contemporary Art

The average rating for The Photograph as Contemporary Art based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-05-28 00:00:00 Jamshed Ghandhi I didn't like most of the photographs - soulless and horrible. Then I read the text which made some of them more interesting but it makes me wonder if they can't stand by themselves. Maybe I have been spoilt by looking at classic photographs or this isn't to my taste but it makes me realise how important beauty and softness is, especially if you don't have that interesting content. To be fair, with contemporary art it's not clear yet what is good, and much of it will fade away while I imagine the good stuff will endure over time. I scanned the most interesting bit of text - it kind of made my jaw drop:

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-21 00:00:00 Kellyanne Phoenix Very inspiring and interesting introduction to art photography. I found it challenging and engaging and a great change from ordinary books about photography and technique. This is certainly not a book for the standard digital SLR pusher. It is a refreshing and revelatory discussion of photographic artistic expression. Although not all the works included appealed to me (I never expected them to given the breadth of talent and styles show cased) I think this is one of the best books on photography I've read. Well recommended to those seeking more than pretty postcards or "commercial style" photography.