An unassuming sequence of 42 medium-format photographs depicting slivers of the semirural landscape of Central Illinois Tim Carpenter's (born 1968) Little is a visual memoir that completes a trilogy rooted in the sensibility and approach to the practice of "camera" he elaborated in the best-selling, book-length essay To Photograph Is to Learn How to Die (2022).
88 Pages
Photography, Individual Photographers

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An unassuming sequence of 42 medium-format photographs depicting slivers of the semirural landscape of Central Illinois

Tim Carpenter's (born 1968) Little is a visual memoir that completes a trilogy rooted in the sensibility and approach to the practice of "camera" he elaborated in the best-selling, book-length essay To Photograph Is to Learn How to Die (2022). In other words, he steadfastly upholds photography's capacity to bridge the gap between self and other, and to cultivate meaning in an alienating world. Less formally rigorous than Local Objects (2017) and less introspective and linear than Christmas Day, Bucks Pond Road, this new installment channels the perspective of a child's meandering mind, open to possible meanings, absorbing whatever the eyes encounter--marks, buildings, branches, paths, the daylight of a Central Illinois afternoon--nascent symbols everywhere, fleeting images improvised of mind and matter. Adapting a style in the lineage of the New Topographics photographers--Robert Adams, John Gossage and Lewis Baltz--these black-and-white photographs are affecting in their minimalism, imbuing poignance within the banal composites of the Midwestern landscape. The volume itself is beautifully produced with a flush-cut cover treatment and a foil-stamped title.

Review Quotes

Carpenter's photographs transcend conventional narrative, urging us to see the world unburdened by preconceived notions--a journey back to the pure, unfiltered curiosity of youth.--Tracy L. Chandler "Lenscratch"

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 7.0 Inches (W) x .1 Inches (D)

Weight: .9 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 88

Genre: Photography

Sub-Genre: Individual Photographers

Publisher: Ice Plant

Theme: Artists' Books

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Street Date: July 2, 2024

TCIN: 91542876

UPC: 9798985733037

Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-2242

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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