Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott wrote: Awesome, thanks! I don't know who's cool these days, but 20 years ago I used to read Derida, Lacan, Kristeva, etc. for breakfast :-) Campany references Derrida and Lacan and includes a short essay on photography by Derrida. But he reads much easier and sort of decodes the pomo jargon into something reasonably transparent. The trouble with the book is that it's very tempting to just look at the pictures/captions and ignore the text. That's what I did for a few months after getting it. But the text is the jewel here, along with the multiple essays by other authors/artists. I wish I could easily post the little essay by Allan Sekula titled "Meditations on a Triptych," in which he specualtes on the myriad of possible social interpretations of three "snapshots" made by him and presented as a triptych. Or Douglas Crimp's ideas on the significance of how photos are archived in a library (by subject category) as opposed to a museum (by artist). Anyway, hope you can find a copy to look through. -- Phil Swango 307 Aliso Dr SE Albuquerque, NM 87108 505-262-4085