Welcome to the Curious Eye
I love photography and I love thoughtful writing on photography.
I’ve spent a lifetime in communications, but as I transition from working for others to working to please myself, I intend to use this site to share my thoughts and my photographs.
These are personal pictures. Most have no commercial value. I hope that a handful have artistic value, but at a minimum I hope they are interesting to look at.
Photography Book Archive
I am gradually trying to build an archive of brief summaries and reviews of photography books that others can use if they are curious about the art of photography.
If you are looking for “how to” books, you won’t find many here. But, if you are interested in the history of photography as a means of personal expression, and the criticism of such, there is a good chance you will find this interesting.
Book Reviews and Posts
How Wildlife Photography Became Art
How Wildlife Photography Became Art When it comes to photography books, it’s good advice not to judge a book by its title. I’ve owned more than a few with titles that just don’t match the contents. How Wildlife Photography Became Art fits in that category. It promises, but ultimately doesn’t live up to its title. […]
Lee Miller: Photographs
Lee Miller: Photographs For some, Lee Miller may be recognized only as the woman bathing in Hitler’s bathtub in his Munich residence after the allies had liberated the city, her combat boots sitting on the floor and her military fatigues piled in a chair next to the tub. But, this famous shot by her […]
A Democracy of Imagery
A Democracy of Imagery In the foreword to A Democracy of Imagery, Colin Westerbeck describes the book, and exhibition that it is drawn from, as including “underappreciated photographs by famous photographers and great photographs by underappreciated photographers.” It’s typical for photography books to showcase either the work of individual photographers or the collections of major […]
America and Other Myths
America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955 Robert Frank may be the most written about and studied photographer of the second half of the 20th Century. This, despite the fact that his reputation rests on only one book – The Americans. Of course, Frank produced other work both before and after The Americans, […]
