On Jan 22, 2011, at 3:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > It's a book review by the New Republic's Art Critic, deconstructing a > postmodernist work criticizing a lack of moral relevance in today's criticism > of photojournalism . . . .
Well, I said I didn't mean to start a discussion, but I'm not able to resist commenting on this. Yes, the article is a review, not an article on photojournalism, but two things are reviewed, not one -- an appreciation of Cartier-Bresson as well as the Linfield book. Far from being "postmodernist," Linfield writes in defense of the idea that photographs can communicate important truths and have moral significance. That is about as anti-post-modern as you can get. And far from being a "deconstruction" of her book -- or of the essay on Cartier-Bresson -- the review is a sympathetic appreciation of it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
