Joel Meyerowitz: Seeing Things: A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs
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Summary
Aimed at children between the ages of eight and twelve， Seeing Things is a wonderful introduction to photography that asks how photographers transform ordinary things into meaningful moments。 In this book， acclaimed and beloved photographer Joel Meyerowitz takes readers on a journey through the power and magic of photography: its abilities to freeze time， tell a story， combine several layers into one frame and record life's fleeting and beautiful moments。 The book features the work of masters such as William Eggleston， Mary Ellen Mark， Helen Levitt and Walker Evans， among many others。 Each picture is accompanied by a short commentary， encouraging readers to look closely and use their imagination to understand key ideas in photography such as light， gesture， composition--and， ultimately， how there is wonder all around us when viewed through the lens。
Joel Meyerowitz （born 1938） is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world。 He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow， a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis。 He has published over 15 books and divides his time between New York and Italy。
Joel Meyerowitz （born 1938） is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in over 350 exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world。 He is a two-time Guggenheim Fellow， a recipient of both National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities awards and a recipient of the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis。 He has published over 15 books and divides his time between New York and Italy。
Reviews
Manuel
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Insightful。
John Hoole
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Excellent， diverse collection of full page photographs by some of the greats， including Cartier-Bresson， Winogrand， Eggleston， and the author。 The commentary on each is super-incisive insight into how an artist works and sees the world that is comprehensible to kids （I read it to my 10 yo） without over-simplifying or being condescending。
La Central
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"No son pocos los autores que han escrito ensayos sobre la cultura visual y la forma que tenemos de entender nuestras distintas formas de mirar y ver， si bien no muchos de ellos se han dirigido más exclusivamente al público de los más pequeños。 En este libro， Joel Meyerowitz plantea una guía para acercarse a la fotografía sin miedo。 Para el fotógrafo estadounidense ver es una forma de despertar， que a través de aquello que nos llama la atención individualmente se expresa el mundo。Meyerowitz pro "No son pocos los autores que han escrito ensayos sobre la cultura visual y la forma que tenemos de entender nuestras distintas formas de mirar y ver， si bien no muchos de ellos se han dirigido más exclusivamente al público de los más pequeños。 En este libro， Joel Meyerowitz plantea una guía para acercarse a la fotografía sin miedo。 Para el fotógrafo estadounidense ver es una forma de despertar， que a través de aquello que nos llama la atención individualmente se expresa el mundo。Meyerowitz propone que mirar sea un juego en el que adentrarse en el universo único de cada momento y lugar。 Con un diseño que resulta tan dinámico como pedagógico， este libro originariamente publicado por Aperture nos enseña que ver fotografías no encierra una sola historia， sino todas las que el observador quiera。 Leer imágenes no pretende cerrar la puerta a las diferentes posibilidades que nos ofrece todo lo que podamos ver en ellas， sino multiplicarlas para plantear historias abiertas。 Esta introducción a la fotografía representa un mirar placentero que nos alienta a pensar， descifrar y analizar lo que cada imagen fotográfica manifiesta dentro de nuestra subjetividad。" Lydia Merinero 。。。more
Ralph N
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Not just a kids book。 Adults can learn a lot too！
Robert Schulz
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Leider sind die Begleittexte relativ belanglos und nicht annähernd so gut， wie die ausgewählten Fotografien。 Gerade bei einem Kinderbuch sollte es mehr Anreize als das "Wiederkauen" der Position des Autors geben。 "Technische" Aspekte oder Informatives über die Fotografinnen und Fotografen fehlen ebenfalls。 Absolut grauenvoll finde ich zudem， wie die Texte gesetzt wurden。 Leider sind die Begleittexte relativ belanglos und nicht annähernd so gut， wie die ausgewählten Fotografien。 Gerade bei einem Kinderbuch sollte es mehr Anreize als das "Wiederkauen" der Position des Autors geben。 "Technische" Aspekte oder Informatives über die Fotografinnen und Fotografen fehlen ebenfalls。 Absolut grauenvoll finde ich zudem， wie die Texte gesetzt wurden。 。。。more
Eva
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Lovely introduction to photography
Javier Mariscal Ariza
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Una edición preciosa。 Un libro directo。 Crítica fotográfica sutil， poética， certera。 Un repaso ligero a la teoría de la imagen y a la historia de la fotografía sintetizada en 66 fotografías y sus respectivos y brillantes pies de foto。
Zioluc
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Un grande fotografo sceglie una serie di immagini scattate da grandi fotografi per insegnare ai ragazzi a "vedere"。 Belle foto （e ci mancherebbe）， ma i testi， scritti con caratteri alternativamente grandi e piccoli， sembrano rivolgersi a un pubblico non più vecchio di dieci anni。 Mi aspettavo un manuale di educazione dello sguardo un po' più strutturato e non una semplice galleria di immagini che non fa che ripetere che "il fotografo coglie l'attimo"。 Un grande fotografo sceglie una serie di immagini scattate da grandi fotografi per insegnare ai ragazzi a "vedere"。 Belle foto （e ci mancherebbe）， ma i testi， scritti con caratteri alternativamente grandi e piccoli， sembrano rivolgersi a un pubblico non più vecchio di dieci anni。 Mi aspettavo un manuale di educazione dello sguardo un po' più strutturato e non una semplice galleria di immagini che non fa che ripetere che "il fotografo coglie l'attimo"。 。。。more
Reed
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An impulse buy that I picked up at The Art of Simple in Seaside， Florida。 I am starting to pick up books as mementos of trips— and this one did not disappoint。 Nominally this book is for tweener or adolescent kids。 In practice， it is just as useful for adults。 There are about 20 full page photos， each with a corresponding facing page written about the photo。 Each description provides a take home message about the piece， and about photography in general。 I hadn’t seen most of the pictures before。 An impulse buy that I picked up at The Art of Simple in Seaside， Florida。 I am starting to pick up books as mementos of trips— and this one did not disappoint。 Nominally this book is for tweener or adolescent kids。 In practice， it is just as useful for adults。 There are about 20 full page photos， each with a corresponding facing page written about the photo。 Each description provides a take home message about the piece， and about photography in general。 I hadn’t seen most of the pictures before。 They were remarkable。 Stunning。 I gained several ideas for my own photography and painting from them。 Duane Michals’ The Human Condition in particular helped me solve an art problem that I have been grappling with this past week。Highly recommend this book as a gift to yourself， or to others。 The 45 min spent reading & viewing it will be rewarded with many more hours of reflection。 It could even inspire your own art。 。。。more
Trey Piepmeier
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This was a delightful book。 I got a copy as a gift and ended up buying two more--another as a gift and one for myself。 It's full of good information on how to analyze photographic compositions and talks about different ways of looking at the world。 Good for kids， good for me too。 This was a delightful book。 I got a copy as a gift and ended up buying two more--another as a gift and one for myself。 It's full of good information on how to analyze photographic compositions and talks about different ways of looking at the world。 Good for kids， good for me too。 。。。more
Alex
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In comparision to the collection from Henry Carrol， this book has more feeling attached to it。 The photos are not discussed from the technical point of view， instead Mr Meyerowitz puts more accent on the impact they have on the viewer。 Nice collection。
Crystal
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A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs--or is it？ As an adult who appreciated pretty and/ or striking photography， but doesn't know much about how to analyze it or appreciate its technical features， I found this book a helpful， easy to read primer on some considerations for analyzing photography--and creating it。 I'm not actually sure I absorbed enough for it to affect my own photography and/ or improve my technique， but hopefully it did， at least a little。 I would say this is an decent book to A Kid's Guide to Looking at Photographs--or is it？ As an adult who appreciated pretty and/ or striking photography， but doesn't know much about how to analyze it or appreciate its technical features， I found this book a helpful， easy to read primer on some considerations for analyzing photography--and creating it。 I'm not actually sure I absorbed enough for it to affect my own photography and/ or improve my technique， but hopefully it did， at least a little。 I would say this is an decent book to share with a child （or possibly even teen） interested in learning more about photography theory and technique。 It's full of large， eye-catching photography and relatively easy to read analysis of each of the photography。 Even the cover is art constructed of a clever series of cutouts that comment on perspective。 A rewarding way to spend a half hour。 。。。more
Rebecca Plaza
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Tagged these incorrectly。 Can't change？Wonderful lessons on looking at photographs and composition of such。 Tagged these incorrectly。 Can't change？Wonderful lessons on looking at photographs and composition of such。 。。。more
Elliot Stoller
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Good book for young photographers or those interested in art。 Maybe 4th through 8th grades。
Fernando Gallegos
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If you started with two photographs， a beginning and an end， what story would you tell？
Michael Fitzgerald
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Not particularly kid-friendly。 The choices aren't especially classic - they seem to be more personal to the author （friends and colleagues）。 The book design is frustrating - there is too much text， most of it in a tiny font。 Here and there each page is disrupted with a portion in a large font。 It looks like a "pull-quote" or a sidebar， but it's not。 It's all part of the same single narrative。 While there are some helpful insights about the images and about the art of photography in general， ther Not particularly kid-friendly。 The choices aren't especially classic - they seem to be more personal to the author （friends and colleagues）。 The book design is frustrating - there is too much text， most of it in a tiny font。 Here and there each page is disrupted with a portion in a large font。 It looks like a "pull-quote" or a sidebar， but it's not。 It's all part of the same single narrative。 While there are some helpful insights about the images and about the art of photography in general， there are also banal "deep" statements like， "This photograph is a poem。" I don't find it especially useful for teaching。 The elaborate cover where an eye is built up out of four cutout pages seems to me to be a pointless excess。 。。。more
Trevor
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I continue to be delighted by how great non-fiction books for kids can be。 Highly recommended for anyone interested in what makes a great photograph。 And a lot of what I read in this book relates to what I know about choreography and collage art as well。 Inspiring。
Jennie
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I suck at taking pictures。 Just putting that out there。This book was cool to look at; the illustrations are very interesting。
Pat
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