The modern Maya: A culture in transition

The Modern Maya: A Culture in Transition

Arts & Photography

Macduff Everton

Photography & Video

Univ. Of New Mexico Press

A book of Fotoverigraphs and a discussion of the role of the photograph.  A photograph is not narrative. As the photojournalist Alex Webb said, I have real questions about the still photograph's ability to explain. Photographs always give you a feel of how something looks, but they don't teach or analyze - they present situations. They're bits of moments puled out of time. Most people look at photographs objectively and subjectively and don't differentiate between the two. Do you remember the famous photo by Eddie Adams of the Saigon police chief holding a gun to a Viet Cong officer in street clothes and the police chief is firing the gun into the man's head? It's a very powerful photograph, but very little of that information is actually in the photograph. The information came from the captions. Without that information, we could easily believe the photograph could have been shot in Bangkok. In Singapore. In Phnom Penh. In Paris. Maybe it was a cuckold finding his wife's lover. It could be a still from a Bruce Lee film, or an outtake from Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now.  The possibilities are endless, and fotoverigraphs explore how we view photographs -- objectivity and subjectivity, looking and seeing. They began as 23x30 inch lithographs and later were incorporated into the book That's Not Entirely True.

That's Not Entirely True: An Album of Fotoverigraphs

Tixcacalcupul Press

<p>Santa Barbara seems a place of such obvious charms. The golden beaches and sage-covered hillsides are there at first glance, while the Spanish-style townscape issues an invitation to visit all year, thanks to an unvaryingly pleasant Mediterranean climate. Even so, it takes an artist with a unique vision to reveal the complexity of Santa Barbara's beauty, as Macduff Everton does so brilliantly in the photographs that grace the pages of this book. A longtime Santa Barbaran, Everton uses his panoramic camera to reveal the play of light on sea and rock, the quirky corners of historic landmarks and the unexpected variety of lush gardens and open spaces. He captures all the zest of the town's public celebrations, from the colorful Old Spanish Days Fiesta to the rambunctious Summer Solstice Parade. And he highlights its private character by turning his lens on those who give the place its vitality and interpret it to the world - the athletes and scholars, entrepreneurs and farmers, artists and writers. Among the artists is Mary Heebner, who has collaborated - in life and in work - with Everton, and who here adds a poetic understanding of Santa Barbara's natural and human history, the tales writ in the flow of rivers as much as in architectural treasures. Among the writers is global traveler and sometime Santa Barbara resident Pico Iyer, whose introductory essay so deftly and insightfully illuminates the secret side of this Southern Californian paradise. Newcomers, frequent visitors, residents - Macduff Everton's images and The Book of Santa Barbara will surprise and enchant them all.</p>

The Book of Santa Barbara

Travel

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PICO IYER

Mary Heebner

Captions

United States

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