A Beautiful Monograph Illuminating the Iconic Images of one of the Most Central and Influential Photographers of the Twentieth Century.
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a key figure in America's acceptance of photography as a serious form of artistic expression. As founder of the Photo Secession movement and editor of the influential Camera Work, he is one of the most important cultural forces in twentieth-century America. His work bridges the gap between the self-consciously aesthetic Pictorialist photography at the turn of the century, and the more precisely descriptive 'straight' photography of the 1920s and 1930s.
ALFRED STIEGLITZ by Graham Clarke, is an illustrated overview of the work of this legendary photographer. This beautiful and affordable monograph provides the perfect introduction to the work of a major force in the American modernist movement through a chronological sequence of 55 black and white images, including iconic images, such as The Steerage (1907), as well as lesser-known work. The accompanying text by Professor Clarke provides a fresh perspective on Stieglitz's life and work, placing him within the cultural context of his time and within the history of photography.
With a career straddling two centuries, Stieglitz's work bridges different photographic styles. He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, but studied in Germany, where he was first drawn to photography, and in the 1880s he traveled around Europe taking pictures. On his return to New York in 1889 he began exhibiting his own work and writing on photography. However, he soon came to reject retouching and other forms of manipulation. His work evolved progressively towards the ideal of 'pure' photography. He stated 'My aim is increasingly to make my photographs look so much like photographs that unless one has eyes and sees, they won't be seen - and still everyone will never forget having once looked at them.'
He was a major figure in the modernist movement in the New York of the 1900s and, through his galleries and publications, played a crucial part in the development of both American art and photography. Stieglitz promoted, published, and exhibited much of the best photography of the period in his role as editor of the now legendary magazine Camera Work, and through his galleries. He is also wrote extensively on photography throughout his career.
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这本书的结构设计简直是天才之举。它不是简单的时间线叙事,而是采用了主题式的章节划分,每一部分都像一个独立而又紧密相连的展览单元。这种编排方式极大地提升了阅读的流畅性和思考的深度。作者在处理不同摄影流派的交替时,展现了高超的驾驭能力,他总能找到那个微妙的连接点,让读者在看似跳跃的风格转变中,依然能抓住一条清晰的逻辑主线——那就是对“视觉革命”不懈的追求。尤其是关于技术革新如何反过来塑造艺术观念的分析,观点犀利,论据翔实,让人不得不佩服作者的洞察力。这本书的价值在于,它不仅提供了知识,更提供了一种思考艺术演进的框架,这是任何零散的文章都无法比拟的宏大视野。
评分这部关于摄影艺术的巨著,真是让人爱不释手,每一次翻阅都能带来新的感悟。作者的文字功力着实令人叹服,他不仅仅是在罗列事实和作品,更像是在引领我们进入一个深邃的哲学思辨空间。比如,他对光影的捕捉和诠释,那种细腻入微的描摹,仿佛能透过纸张感受到瞬间凝固的空气和温度。书中对不同历史时期艺术思潮的梳理,也展现了作者深厚的学术背景,他能将看似分散的流派和人物,巧妙地编织成一张相互影响、层层递进的网络。阅读的过程,更像是一场与时代精神的对话,那些看似古老的影像,在作者的解读下,焕发出惊人的现代感。特别是关于媒介与观念的探讨部分,触及了艺术本质的根本问题,读完后,我对“什么是真实”这个问题有了更复杂也更具层次的理解。那种探索未知的兴奋感,是阅读体验中最珍贵的部分。
评分我不得不承认,这本书的阅读门槛不低,它要求读者对20世纪初的社会文化背景有一定的了解。但对于那些愿意投入时间和精力去探索的读者来说,它提供的回报是惊人的。作者在分析作品时,引用的背景资料之详尽,简直令人咋舌。他似乎总能找到那个最关键的外部因素,来解释为什么某一张照片会产生那样的历史意义。例如,他对都市化进程中个体疏离感的捕捉,不仅仅停留在表象,而是深入到社会结构和心理层面的剖析。阅读过程中,我经常需要停下来,去查阅一些补充材料,但这非但没有破坏阅读体验,反而成了一种主动学习的乐趣。这本书,与其说是读完的,不如说是“啃下来”的,每一次啃食都带来了知识的积累和认知的拓展,让人感觉非常充实。
评分说实话,我一开始拿到这本书,还担心内容会过于学院派,毕竟涉及到艺术史和批评理论,很容易流于枯燥的术语堆砌。但出乎意料的是,作者的叙述方式极其生动,充满了人文关怀。他笔下的人物群像,不再是教科书上扁平的符号,而是一个个有血有肉、充满挣扎与激情的鲜活个体。我尤其喜欢其中穿插的那些私人信件和日记片段,它们如同历史的碎片,为那些宏大的理论提供了坚实的、充满情感温度的支撑。阅读时,我仿佛能听到那个时代知识分子间激烈的争论,感受到他们在艺术追求中付出的巨大代价。这种深入骨髓的共情体验,让这本书超越了一般的艺术史论述,更像是一部充满张力的时代悲喜剧。它不只是教你“看”照片,更教你如何“感受”那个时代的脉搏。
评分这本书最让我震撼的一点,在于其对“纯粹性”与“妥协性”之间复杂关系的探讨。作者没有将艺术人物脸谱化,而是公正地呈现了他们在理想与现实、商业需求与艺术抱负之间斡旋的全部过程。这种对人性的深刻理解,让整本书充满了张力。他没有简单地赞美或批判,而是力求还原一个真实的历史现场,让读者自己去判断和思考。这种克制而又深沉的叙事风格,令人回味无穷。读完后,我感到一种平静的满足感,仿佛经历了一次精神的洗礼,对艺术的敬畏感油然而生。这本书无疑是献给所有热爱视觉艺术的严肃爱好者的珍品,其内容的密度和深度,绝非市面上其他同类书籍可以比拟。
评分写真分離派 『カメラワーク』出版 / gallery 291 開設 /拍摄都市纽约的stieglitz 与妻子O'keeffe 别居 妻子住在乡下,所以偶尔也会拍几张植物的 stieglitz 更明显地还是都市风景更为他的风格。后来一直拍摄妻子,手与人体的描写,但总体来说还是不知是O'keeffe太杰出了还是………/虽然是拍摄妻子,但却是将自己的心境与之投射,通过写真表现出来。/后来一直拍摄云与天空,他所拍的云里有着像音乐一样的律动,也因此而命名为《music》吧/对于不明白是拍摄模特太出色还是作品出色的批判,不管拍摄什么,最重要的还是拍摄的人想要模特或者拍摄物体有什么样的效果,如何投入自己的情感,为了表现与证实这一些说法开始拍摄云与天空的系列。直接的写真何处称为艺术呢?他说:“象征性”
评分我在798买的这本书.
评分严重鄙视Phaidon这家出版社,册子居然是在中国印刷的!这个系列好好的照片都给糟蹋了。
评分我在798买的这本书.
评分严重鄙视Phaidon这家出版社,册子居然是在中国印刷的!这个系列好好的照片都给糟蹋了。
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