John Berger Allows a person of any artistic background to develop views on art's interaction with society as a whole, the individual, and with art itself.
Issues discused include art as reproduction and gender relationships.
A must read for anyone who believes that visual language cannot be recreated in verbal language. The ONE book to read, not because you will be better photographers but, because you will be better equipped to see and understand how photographic images have influenced our culture and our self- images. He explores art's strange clairvoyance by invoking evolutionary theory, split-brain research, philosophy and mythology. Photos and illustrations. This is an all-around great book and reference tool for electronics.