Reviews

Why Photographs Work: 52 Great Images: Who Made Them, What Makes Them Special and Why by George Barr

eileen_critchley's review against another edition

4.0

It is always interesting to me to read interpretations of photographs. Most of the images in this book are very different from the photographs I am used to looking at from friends and photographers I follow. Some of them I found myself wondering why they were included in this book at all. Some look like happy accidents (although the argument would be made that there is no such thing) and some just didn't stand out to me as an amazing photograph. Still, it was interesting to read the interpretations and the photographers' perspectives.