How does a photograph "work"? In this book, internationally acclaimed photographer Stephen Shore brings together more than fifty images (by such photographers as Walker Evans, Eugène Atget, Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Frank Gohlke, Lee Friedlander, Edward Weston, Robert Frank, William Eggleston, and Jan Groover) to illustrate a process of looking at and understanding photography. He traces the process by which the world in front of the camera is transformed into a photograph -- and how that photograph, in turn, is transformed into a mental image.</P>
A photograph, Shore explains, can be viewed on several levels. First, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window onto the world. It is at this level that we "read" a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an exotic land, the face of a lover, a wet rock, a landscape at night. This is the depictive level, in which the world is transformed into a photograph through qualities of flatness, frame, time, and focus. On a final level is the mental apprehension of the image, which joins the focus of lens, eye, attention, and mind.</P>
Using these levels of seeing, Shore reveals how the qualities of a photograph create tension and meaning -- as the collapsing of depth creates new relationships, as lines and shapes in the image play against the frame, as focus creates barriers in the depth of an image, as the duration of exposure variously transforms the fluid world into a static piece of film. As the visual image continues to grow in importance as a medium of global communication, the skills and insights conveyed by this book will become increasingly relevant both to those who take photographs and those who view them.</P>
史提芬·肖尔最早把彩色摄影从广告和时装领域提升艺术的高度的几位摄影师之一。作者以冷静、超然的视野描绘了1970年代初美国的社会风景。近30年来,他影响了一大批美国摄影家,甚至影响了托马斯·鲁夫、托马斯·斯特鲁斯等德国摄影家。
"A photograph can be viewed on several levels. To begin with, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window on to the world. It is on this level that we usually read a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an...
评分"A photograph can be viewed on several levels. To begin with, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window on to the world. It is on this level that we usually read a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an...
评分"A photograph can be viewed on several levels. To begin with, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window on to the world. It is on this level that we usually read a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an...
评分"A photograph can be viewed on several levels. To begin with, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window on to the world. It is on this level that we usually read a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an...
评分"A photograph can be viewed on several levels. To begin with, it is a physical object, a print. On this print is an image, an illusion of a window on to the world. It is on this level that we usually read a picture and discover its content: a souvenir of an...
翻开这本摄影圣经,我立刻被它那种深邃而又充满人文关怀的笔触所吸引。作者似乎有一种魔力,能将那些冰冷的物理过程——光线如何与感光材料互动,显影液如何唤醒图像的生命——描绘得如同诗歌般富有情感。它不像一本刻板的教科书,更像一位经验丰富的大师在耳边低语,分享着他对“观看”的理解。我尤其欣赏其中对“瞬间的永恒性”的探讨。我们都知道摄影捕捉的是时间的一刹那,但这本书深入挖掘了为什么这个瞬间如此重要,它如何承载了叙事、记忆,甚至是哲学思考。它迫使我重新审视自己按下快门的行为,不再仅仅关注技术参数的调整,而是去思考我到底想通过这张照片向世界传达什么信息。那些关于构图和光影的论述,不是生硬的规则,而是引导你走向更高层次视觉语言的阶梯,让你明白,好的照片,是思想的结晶,而非偶然的巧合。这种由内而外的引导,极大地提升了我对摄影艺术的鉴赏能力,让我从一个单纯的记录者,开始向一个有意识的创作者迈进。
评分这本书的结构布局简直是一场精心编排的视觉与思想的盛宴。它没有遵循传统的“历史-技术-应用”的线性叙事,而是采用了一种更为有机、更具启发性的方式展开。每一章节都像是一块精心打磨的宝石,独立存在却又相互辉映,共同构建起一个宏大的主题迷宫。我特别钟爱它对“观看的伦理”那部分的剖析。在如今这个充斥着海量图像的时代,我们是如何选择观看,又是如何被观看的?作者尖锐地指出了图像泛滥带来的意义稀释问题,以及摄影师在记录他者痛苦或私密瞬间时所应承担的道德重量。这种对媒介责任的深刻反思,在我阅读过的所有摄影理论书籍中是少有的。它不是在教你如何拍出“漂亮”的照片,而是在拷问你,你的照片是否“值得”被拍下,是否配得上被观看。读完这部分,我感觉我的视角被拉高了,不再局限于取景框内那一亩三分地,而是将目光投向了更广阔的社会语境之中。
评分这本书读下来,感觉就像是进行了一场漫长而深刻的学术对话,但这位“对话者”的学识深厚且极富远见。最让我赞叹的是,尽管它讨论的是极为抽象和理论化的概念,但其论证过程总是紧密地锚定在那些具体的、经典的图像案例之上。作者引用了大量跨越世纪的摄影大师作品作为例证,使得原本枯燥的理论瞬间变得鲜活起来,具有了可感知的重量。比如,当讨论到“凝视的权力”时,书中对某几张早期肖像的细致解读,比任何纯文字的描述都要来得震撼人心。它不是让你去“模仿”这些大师的风格,而是通过解析他们的思维逻辑,让你领悟到如何将复杂的思想转化为视觉语言的精妙转化过程。读完合上书页的那一刻,我感到一种被充盈和洗礼的满足感,仿佛自己的“视觉词汇库”一下子被扩充了好几倍。
评分我发现这本书在探讨摄影的“真实性”问题时,展现出了一种近乎残酷的诚实。它毫不留情地揭示了“客观记录”这个神话的脆弱性。作者通过对档案照片、新闻纪实以及艺术肖像的对比分析,清晰地阐明了:摄影永远是一个被选择、被构建、被阐释的过程。没有纯粹的快照,只有被摄影师意图所渗透的凝固时刻。这种对“眼见为实”的解构,极大地解放了我的创作思路。过去,我总是在追求那种“教科书式”的清晰和完整,生怕偏离了既定的现实轨迹。而这本书告诉我,真正的力量在于你如何巧妙地利用这种“不完整性”和“主观性”,去引导观众的想象和解读。它鼓励我拥抱不确定性,将摄影视为一种提问的艺术,而不是回答问题的工具。
评分这是一本需要反复阅读并做笔记的书。初读时,你可能会被那些复杂的理论术语和深奥的哲学引申略微劝退,但只要坚持下去,你会发现每一次回访,都会带来新的理解层次。它的语言风格是那种老派的、严谨的,充满了对精确表达的追求,这反而给了内容一种坚不可摧的权威感。书中对不同媒介,比如湿版火棉胶和数码成像之间的本质差异的比较分析,尤其令人拍案叫绝。作者没有陷入技术崇拜的泥潭,而是回归到“物质性”本身——即照片作为一种物理对象的存在感和持久性——的重要性。这种对媒介本源的追溯,对于我们这些沉浸在像素世界中的现代人来说,无疑是一剂清醒剂。它提醒我们,无论技术如何迭代,一张真正有力量的照片,必然源于对物质世界和光影关系的深刻洞察,而不是依赖于后期处理的强大算法。
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