Tag: photography

The Camera Never Lies

The Camera Never Lies: A Book of Extraordinary and Bizarre Photographs

trans. Keith Cameron; foreword by Cyril Fletcher (Webb & Bower, 1982)

Book cover: “The Camera Never Lies: A Book of Extraordinary and Bizarre Photographs”; trans. Keith Cameron; foreword by Cyril Fletcher (Webb & Bower, 1982)

A collection of black-and-white photographs from the early 1900s, mostly of French origin, with descriptions written as if contemporaneously. Many of the images are eye-catching; all are faded (reflecting the 1980s publishing date, pre- digital enhancement). The preserved hodgepodge of yesteryear twice-removed.

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by Ringo Starr (Genesis, 2015)

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‘I just loved taking pictures and I still do,’ writes Ringo Starr; hence this big glossy book that pairs his photographs with skerricks of unpretentious memoir (primarily pre-Beatles and Beatlemania). As with the music, Ringo had the best seat in the house.

 

 

Australia: 160 Iconic Images

Australia: 160 Iconic Images Celebrating What Makes Us Different

by Bruce Postle (Affirm, 2016)

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Part art, part historical record, part opportunistic novelty, photojournalist Bruce Postle’s collection captures many different aspects of life in Australia, preserving images of a developing nation from the 1920s onwards (some earlier pictures being taken by his father Cliff, also a photojournalist).

 

The Alice Behind Wonderland

The Alice Behind Wonderland

by Simon Winchester (Oxford University Press, 2011)

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Starting from a picture Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) took of seven-year-old Alice Liddell, Winchester examines how the off-kilter allure of Wonderland derived in part from Dodgson’s failed attempts to capture childhood’s essence through wedding his two budding obsessions: photography and Alice.

 

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