There’s an inherent mystery to the art of photography. We often think of
artists as controlling their materials directly: using their hands, they
shape stone, trace ink, or apply paint. But photographers seem to work
in a more oblique and indirect way, by capturing, staging, or framing
reality. In the best photographs, real life merges with the world of
art.
How
is that magic accomplished? This week, we take you behind the lens with
a collection of pieces about the art and craft of photography. There
are profiles of Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Nan Goldin, Robert
Mapplethorpe, Cindy Sherman, and Edward Steichen. Susan Sontag writes on
how photography shapes our view of war; Janet Malcolm explores the
question of how “realistic” a photograph can (or should) be. We hope you
enjoy these glimpses of the photographer’s quest to, as Malcolm puts
it, uncover a “work of art in the mess and flux of life.”
—Erin Overbey and Joshua Rothman, archivists
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