This book is an examination by Darren Campion on contemporary photography. His expertise both as a photographer and a writer shine through each passage as he critiques and praises some of the most famous photographers of the modern day. As he claims in the introduction of this book, “this series of books, then, is my contribution to a conversation that is, by necessity, ongoing and unfinished.” Indeed, this book is a conversation concerning the role of the photograph in the modern age and the relationship photographers maintain with their pictures, their audience, and their art.
Writing on Photography Vol 2 – Darren Campion
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This book is an examination by Darren Campion on contemporary photography. His expertise both as a photographer and a writer shine through each passage as he critiques and praises some of the most famous photographers of the modern day. As he claims in the introduction of this book, “this series of books, then, is my contribution to a conversation that is, by necessity, ongoing and unfinished.” Indeed, this book is a conversation concerning the role of the photograph in the modern age and the relationship photographers maintain with their pictures, their audience, and their art.
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