A now classic text on the art, Why People Photograph gathers a selection of essays by the great master photographer Robert Adams, tackling such diverse subjects as collectors, humor, teaching, money and dogs. Adams also writes brilliantly on Edward Weston, Paul Strand, Laura Gilpin, Judith Joy Ross, Susan Meiselas, Michael Schmidt, Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, and Eugene Atget. The book closes with two essays on “working conditions” in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century American West, and the essay “Two Landscapes”. Adams writes: “At our best and most fortunate we make pictures because of what stands in front of the camera, to honor what is greater and more interesting than we are”.

Details

Type

Book

Place of publication

New York City

Year

2005

Number of pages

186 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780893816032

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

770 Ada

Volumes

1

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