Tag Archives: Max Kozloff

Kozloff on the scrutiny of portraiture

May 25, 2012

“From a literal – and therefore strange – point of view, the face is only an appearance in a certain condition and phase, of which the portraitist makes an image. Though accustomed to casual or meaningful glances, we don’t normally… Continue reading →

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One off: Shelby Lee Adams.

April 6, 2012

                                    “Sloans on the Porch, Sloan’s Fork, 1988″ © Shelby Lee Adams. “These Appalachian families are down and out, but stubbornly proud —… Continue reading →

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Kozloff and Sander on Portraiture

February 15, 2012

“In the nineteenth century, the maintenance of the sitter’s stance and the moment of the ‘take’ were in equilibrium. There would have been little interest in any preceding or succeeding incident. The duration of the pose was integral to itself,… Continue reading →

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Kozloff on Frank and Klein

August 4, 2011

 Reading through a piece in American Suburb X on Robert Frank and William Kleins’ two significant photography books “The Americans” and “New York”, I came across this incisive and accurate observation on the importance of their work in the 1950s.… Continue reading →

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