Photography and Text by Wenjia Guo, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . When I first got this book, I was wondering why we need to look at such a “history” book to learn photography. The book I rented from Cornell University first surprised me with its date due … Read more
Montage and Text by Mu Qiao, Copyright 2018 . Book Reviews . Jerry Uelsmann’s “Poets House” and John Szarkowski’s “Looking at Photographs” . After reading JERRY UELSMANN’s “Poet’s House”, which is in the book of “LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS”, I am quickly drawn into the idea of synthesized photographs. I really appreciate the point that … Read more
Photography and Text by Grant Wei, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . AN ACCURATE PAINTING . Photos as emulations of paintings, creating some sort of misplaced hierarchy between paintings and photographs. Photographs, allegedly, were recreational, while paintings were considered to be fine art. At least, in the first … Read more
Photography and Text by Lilibeth Montero, Copyright 2018 . Book Review . John Szarkowski: Looking at Photographs . The first picture John Szarkowski introduces is a portrait. The portrait created by William Shew, using the daguerreotype process, fascinated me. Szarkowski mentions in the book that daguerreotype was mainly used to capture the faces of … Read more
Photography and Text by Hilary Lam, Copyright 2018 . Book Review: Looking at Photographs by John Szarkowski . The Organic Form as Sculpture . Szarkowski’s collection of 100 photographs from the Museum of Modern Art is a compilation of historic works from the 20th to early 21st century. The book is seemingly a … Read more