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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Substantial and timely
Picture Perfect is that rare work that is insightful and informative while at the same time remaining accessible and entertaining. Skillfully building upon a history of the use of visuals to influence taste and choice, Adatto uses very current examples to document the sometimes pernicious influence that visuals have on public opinion and elections. Although a late...
Published on October 8, 2008 by Scott S. Smith
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre Writing, poor quality photos
nowhere near picture perfect. Not sure if it's poor technology (by Amazon, I read this book on Kindle) or reproduction, but photos look bad. writing so so.
Published 9 months ago by Pen Name
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Substantial and timely,
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This review is from: Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op (New Edition) (Paperback)
Picture Perfect is that rare work that is insightful and informative while at the same time remaining accessible and entertaining. Skillfully building upon a history of the use of visuals to influence taste and choice, Adatto uses very current examples to document the sometimes pernicious influence that visuals have on public opinion and elections. Although a late chapter on heroic images in American film seemed like an add-on that does not flow with the rest of the work, even it was enjoyable and well written enough for me to give this work 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Mediocre Writing, poor quality photos,
By Pen Name (somewhere on planet earth) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op (New Edition) (Kindle Edition)
nowhere near picture perfect. Not sure if it's poor technology (by Amazon, I read this book on Kindle) or reproduction, but photos look bad. writing so so.
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