Article Roundup 29/08/23
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A great newsletter from
’s The Art of Noticing focusing on Nigel Poor’s The San Quentin Project, which introduces the concept of the verbal photograph.Check out the excerpt below!
As much as I like that idea, the big assignment that really caused the book to exist (and me to write about it today) is what Poor calls “mapping” a photograph. She lays out some suggestions and parameters for close looking (paying attention to scale, point of view, body language, etc.). But the essential point is to:
Use a pen or pencil to mark on and annotate the image, zeroing in on details and write “a short description of why that aspect is significant to you.”
A long read from Conscientious, The Problem with Helmut Newton.
Amazing essay from
’s Is My Kid The Asshole? This newsletter is really useful if you’re a parent!
Thanks Paul!