At the edge of the light
Subtitle: thoughts on photography & photographers, talent & genius
By: by David Travis.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: David R. Godine; David R Godine
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Photography -- Philosophy; Photographers -- Attitudes; Photographic criticism
Description: "In these seven essays, revised, rewritten, and expanded from his lectures, David Travis presents his thoughts on some of his favorite subjects: Weston, Stieglitz, Kertesz, Brassai, and Strand. His knowledge is such (often enriched by firsthand acquaintance) that he can, and does, discuss more than images or personalities; he understands what informs the work, from what milieu it derives, under what influences it matured, how it evolved, and how it succeeded. He is an art historian willing to venture far beyond the periphery of traditional academic fences; to discuss number theory (quite literally), the mathematics of G.H. Hardy, the poetry of Rimbaud Valery, Rilke, and Goethe, the philosophy of Nietzsche, the extravagance of Henry Miller." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-[172]).
Table of contents: title: Brassaï : anecdotes and conversations; title: André Kertész : the gaiety of genius; title: Curiosity and conjecture : mathematics, photography, and the imagination; title: The plot thickens everything : photography and the need for narrative; title: Imperfectly unknown : Point Lobos, 1944, a masterpiece by Edward Weston; title: A mind among the clouds : Alfred Stieglitz's equivalents photographs; title: Paul Strand's Fall in movement.