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Fourth printingofTo Photograph Is To Learn How To Die by Tim Carpenter (2023)
Please note that the signed copies are signed and dated by Tim Carpenter to copyright page
Small format paperback in new condition
Published by The Ice Plant
About
To Photograph Is To Learn How To Dieis a book-length essay about the essentialusefulnessof the practice of making photographs. Drawing on the writings of Wallace Stevens and dozens of other poets, artists, musicians and thinkers, American photographer Tim Carpenter argues passionately in one main essay and a series of lively digressions that photography is unique among the arts in its capacity for easing the fundamental ache of our mortality; for managing the breach that separates theselffrom all that isnot the self;for enriching ones sense of freedom and personhood; and for cultivating meaning in an otherwise meaningless reality. Printed in three colors that reflect the various voices of the book, the typographically innovative text design follows several channels of thought, allowing for various approaches to reading. A unique and instructive contribution to the literature on photography, Carpenters research offers both a timely polemic and a timeless resource for those who use a camera.
