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Box of Photographs
Roger Grenier
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Description for Box of Photographs
Hardcover. Most attempts to generalize about photography as a medium run up against our experience of the photographs themselves. In this book that is equal parts memoir and intellectual and cultural history, the author contemplates the ways that photography can change the course of a life, reflecting on the history of photography and its practitioners. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 128 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Most attempts to generalize about photography as a medium run up against our experience of the photographs themselves. We live with photos and cameras every day, and philosophies of the photographic image do little to shake our intimate sense of how we produce photographs and what they mean to us. In this book that is equal parts memoir and intellectual and cultural history, French writer Roger Grenier contemplates the ways that photography can change the course of a life, reflecting along the way on the history of photography and its practitioners. Unfolding in brief, charming vignettes, "A Box of Photographs" ... Read more
Most attempts to generalize about photography as a medium run up against our experience of the photographs themselves. We live with photos and cameras every day, and philosophies of the photographic image do little to shake our intimate sense of how we produce photographs and what they mean to us. In this book that is equal parts memoir and intellectual and cultural history, French writer Roger Grenier contemplates the ways that photography can change the course of a life, reflecting along the way on the history of photography and its practitioners. Unfolding in brief, charming vignettes, "A Box of Photographs" ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
120
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226308319
SKU
V9780226308319
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About Roger Grenier
Roger Grenier is a writer, journalist, and radio animator who is the author of nearly fifty novels, collections of short stories, and works of criticism, including The Difficulty of Being a Dog, also published by the University of Chicago Press and translated by Alice Kaplan. Alice Kaplan is the author of several books, including French Lessons: A Memoir and Dreaming ... Read more
Reviews for Box of Photographs
"This slim volume is beautifully written, and the prose flows like poetry. The market has been flooded with a plethora of popularly written books attempting to explain canines and why people love them, yet this book... raises the subject to a higher plane. A gem." -Library Journal "An appealing gift item, this slim volume will make lovers both of literature ... Read more