In Time Pieces, award-winning novelist and photographer Wright Morris provides an introspective investigation into the relationships between photographs and text. This seminal collection of essays, on subjects ranging from portraits of pioneers in the American West to writings by Susan Sontag and Henry James, provides a kaleidoscope of "time pieces" that serve to illuminate a complex, expressive, and evolving art form. It is Morris's singular gift that he is able to bring out such a rich and vibrant dialogue between the world of photography and the world of literature.
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I bought this primarily for the photography. Although Wright Morris is an excellent writer on things Midwestern (though I prefer Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser), Morris has a keen sense of observation and a sensitive approach to writing.Unfortunately, though, the printing of the photographs is wretched, flat and unworthy of the master photographer. Instead of this book, I recommend "Distinctly American: The Photography of Wright Morris," if what you're after is pristine rendering of his photographs.
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What a joy it is to be in the presence of a clear thinker, and to roam the world of image and word with him! I searched out his perspecitives on time, emotion, and memory and went away refreshed.In his opening essay, "In Our Image," Wright Morris says, "The visible captured. Time arrested. Through a slit in time's veil we see what has vanished. An unearthly, mind-boggling sensation: commonplace yet fabulous. The photograph is paramount. th photographer subordinate." There is a fine essay on "Of Memory, Emotion, and Imagination." In "Photography in My Life," I enjoyed reading his journey of exploration from photographer only to pioneering text and photos to becoming primarily a novelist in later years--with his photographic eye trained upon his novelistic descriptions. This book of essays teamed with photos (I'm so glad they are here, regardless of production values) is rich and full. --Janet Grace Riehl, author Sightlines: A Poet's Diary
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