Mom’s Bearable Lightness
Photographs of my mother during the week of June 19, 2017 in Troy, Michigan.
Photographs of my mother during the week of June 19, 2017 in Troy, Michigan.
Updated January 1, 2019 This anthology contains two types of literary works: 1) biographies of photographers and 2) writings on photography. I first posted this list in 2013, but below is an updated version. These are not picture books, but historical records of a photographer’s life that also fuss over the meaning of a photograph. There are diamonds for living here, but each book should be approached with skepticism. For example, you may ask: Do we really need another Diane Arbus book? The more famous a photographer, the more that’s been written. Arbus is a good example, as new published works on her life and career …