A book-length Essay about photography\'s unique ability to ease the ache of human mortality Drawing on the writings of Wallace Stevens, Marilynne Robinson and other poets, artists, musicians and thinkers, Brooklyn-based photographer Tim Carpenter (born 1968) 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 the self from all that is not the self; for enriching one\'s sense of freedom and personhood; and for cultivating meaning in an otherwise meaningless reality.
A unique and instructive contribution to the literature on photography, Carpenter\'s research offers both a timely polemic and a timeless resource for those who use a camera..
Printed in three colors that reflect the various voices of the book, the text design follows several channels of thought, inviting various approaches to reading.
A book-length Essay about photography\'s unique ability to ease the ache of human mortality Drawing on the writings of Wallace Stevens, Marilynne Robinson and other poets, artists, musicians and thinkers, Brooklyn-based photographer Tim Carpenter (born 1968) 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 the self from all that is not the self; for enriching one\'s sense of freedom and personhood; and for cultivating meaning in an otherwise meaningless reality
