Due to my final year dissertation surrounding the photographic aesthetic of deadpan, I had a lot of time to read around the aesthetic style. One of the most poignant and well written reviews on the aesthetic are that of Charlotte Cotton a curator a photography writer.
I will now give some information about Cottons chapter about deadpan in The Photograph as Contemporary Art. I want to mention how well she understands the aesthetic, she is one of the only current photography critics that have give their time to tell others about this amazing photographic style. I have become obsessed with reading more into the style and have noticed that my work has been influenced by my readings for my dissertation.
Below is a summary of the book that has helped me all the way through my dissertation.
A short illustrated survey of the use of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s. The work of approximately 150 of the best-known artist-photographers are featured: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Billingham, Juergen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, JeffWall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more. Themed chapters consider subjects such as narrative and storytelling in art photography, photographing the everyday and the insignificant, the use of photography in conceptual art, and the cool, detached, objective aesthetic prevalent in current art photography.- http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/202859.The_Photograph_as_Contemporary_Art
I will continue to read into Cottons work and will always owe Cotton for the words that she shared in the deadpan chapter.
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