{"product_id":"see-saw-looking-at-photographs-paperback","title":"See\/Saw: Looking at Photographs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lavishly illustrated history of photography in essays by the author of \u003ci\u003eOtherwise Known as the Human Condition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSee\/Saw\u003c\/i\u003e shows how photographs frame and change our perspective on the world. Taking in photographers from early in the last century to the present day--including artists such as Eug ne Atget, Vivian Maier, Roy DeCarava, and Alex Webb--the celebrated writer Geoff Dyer offers a series of moving, witty, prescient, surprising, and intimate encounters with images. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDyer has been writing about photography for thirty years, and this tour de force of visual scrutiny and stylistic flair gathers his lively, engaged criticism over the course of a decade. A rich addition to Dyer's \u003ci\u003eThe Ongoing Moment\u003c\/i\u003e, and heir to Roland Barthes's \u003ci\u003eCamera Lucida\u003c\/i\u003e, Susan Sontag's \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, and John Berger's \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding a Photograph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSee\/Saw\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a photograph can simultaneously record and invent the world, revealing a brilliant seer at work. It is a paean to art and art writing by one of the liveliest critics of our day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeoff Dyer \u003c\/b\u003eis the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award, the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the University of Southern California\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.2 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 04, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47395374334130,"sku":"9781644450444","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/a4a8711c128e98f652411145e9bd72a0.webp?v=1777989903","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/see-saw-looking-at-photographs-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}