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See/Saw: Looking at Photographs

See/Saw: Looking at Photographs

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  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Geoff Dyer
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Dan ，

My thanks to both NetGalley and Graywolf Press for an advanced copy of this work。 Geoff Dyer draws on both his artistic sensibilities and his writing ability in his latest collection of essays See/Saw: Looking at Photographs 2010-2020。 Mr。 Dyer has chosen photographs from a a variety of skilled and unskilled photographers and eras。 Along with the photo is an accompanying essay about what is seen， not seen， what the artist might have been trying to achieve， and what the results are to him。 There My thanks to both NetGalley and Graywolf Press for an advanced copy of this work。 Geoff Dyer draws on both his artistic sensibilities and his writing ability in his latest collection of essays See/Saw: Looking at Photographs 2010-2020。 Mr。 Dyer has chosen photographs from a a variety of skilled and unskilled photographers and eras。 Along with the photo is an accompanying essay about what is seen， not seen， what the artist might have been trying to achieve， and what the results are to him。 There are no right or wrong interpretations， Mr。 Dyer only writes what he sees and feels， while giving a history of the photographer， a brief history of the photo and what might have lead to the photo being taken at that time。 Some essays are straightforward， others go to places that only a skilled writer with knowledge both or art and history could go， expounding on things that would escape just a casual， or even a long study of the picture。 Not really criticism， not really a review。 These essays are something more。 Mr。 Dyer one of my favorite authors who I first started reading wit his book on jazz But Beautiful， has a way of making something simple， grand and worthy of conversation and contemplation。 A very sublime work。 。。。more

Mat ，

Dyer has achieved that rare elevation as an essayist that allows him to demand all his published thoughts be preserved between hard covers。 Some of the pieces here were initially written as columns， others are reviews or introductions to catalogues （he mourns a lone essay that could not be included because of difficulties of formatting）。 Many of the shorter observations are taken from a weekly series that he wrote for the New Republic magazine in which he chose a picture from that week’s papers Dyer has achieved that rare elevation as an essayist that allows him to demand all his published thoughts be preserved between hard covers。 Some of the pieces here were initially written as columns， others are reviews or introductions to catalogues （he mourns a lone essay that could not be included because of difficulties of formatting）。 Many of the shorter observations are taken from a weekly series that he wrote for the New Republic magazine in which he chose a picture from that week’s papers – Serena Williams hitting her otherworldly forehand or Oscar Pistorius in tears in the dock – and riffed on its significance。 Though the comprehensive nature of this enterprise means that some pieces inevitably feel more finished， or more attended to， than others， it’s a testament to Dyer’s seductive curiosity that even these slighter improvisations reward rereading。 。。。more