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Fotografiks - David Carson | 
 enlarge | Authors: David Carson, Philip B. Meggs
Publisher: Gingko Press
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 249893
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 1584230045
Dewey Decimal Number: 760
EAN: 9781584230045
ASIN: 1584230045
Publication Date: October 21, 1999
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Condition: These strangely familiar but often enigmatic pictures reveal David Carson's acutely sensitive response to shapes, colors, shadows and light. They are a new expression of Carson's famously individual way of seeing, an expose of his experiments with spontaneity and a compelling display of his skill in creating a dialog between words and pictures. Fotografiks presents David Carson in the merged role of Photographer and designer and adds an entirely new dimension to the highly original work he has published to date.
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Product Description
A new expression of Carson's famously original way of seeing, 'fotografiks' are curiously fleeting images that seem to have been lifted out of their mundane context and abstracted to another realm. Street markings, graffiti and all sorts of signage have been obscured, enlarged or cropped to create strangely familiar but often enigmatic pictures that show Carson's acutely sensitive response to shapes, colors, shadows and light. An introductory essay explores the synergy between graphic design and photography, and the dynamic relationship that exists between words and pictures. Anecdotal captions provide philosophic comments on the nature of the photographs, aspects of the page design and observations on the process of assembling parts to form a whole. Possibly the most influential graphic designer working today, David Carson has been profiled by several of the world's leading publications including Newsweek and The New York Times, and has won an award from the International Center for Photography in New York for "the best use of design with photography". He creates cutting edge advertising for a number of high profile clients including Nike, Microsoft, MTV, Jaguar, Ray-Ban and Sony.
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 Innovative? Pfff... December 12, 2007
I dare to disagree. Maybe in today's boring photography scene a planless collection of either totally uninteresting or blurry photographs, that would be rejected in any amateur contest, are considered as rule breaking or innovative... but for luck I have seen photographs that were made before these. Every second collection of contemporary photographs that I look at, and that is marketed as art, shows about this same stuff. I'll just go out and take them myself if I want to own a picture of the three knobs on a washing machine, combined with a pseudo-deep comment. Maybe I can find the sense of life in them I will frame them and hang them on my wall.
Uhmm..I won't.
 The man who changed graphics December 26, 2004
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Carson is the most exciting and inovative designer to come along to come along since the Bauhaus. He broke all the "rules," and mined a fresh vision. All his monographs demonstrate his vision.
Fotografiks January 15, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Thank you, DC, for an inspiring book. You are forcing me to carry my camera wherever I go...(for a shot at Fotografiks 2!) I would definitely recommend this book for anyone who believes in the power of photography as art: It's not family portraits and birthday parties; it's the world thru a different lens... The photos display shape, color and symmetry that are often overlooked in everyday life. With Carson's unique layouts and great captions and text from Philip Meggs, the book comes alive. See for yourself. I was lucky enough to receive a signed copy! Thanks again, David.
Pleasing if knowledgable in photography January 13, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
David Carson is undoubtedly one of the best graphic designers and a revolutionary typographist ... but unless you understand the angles and complexity of photography, I don't think you'd really want to get this book. Sure, Carson does have a wonderful eye for color, balance, and emotional insight, BUT if you're looking for a photography book with more text and a better composition, you might want to extend your search.
eye of the beholder July 20, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
David Carson first made a name for himself debunking high-brow design aesthetics with a decidedly impulsive and intuitive approach to the printed page. Here he similarly debunks high-brow photography, with this collection of obscured, abstracted and often out-of-focus photographs. These lo-fi photographs are then elevated to another level by Philip Meggs's typically lofty writing... be sure to check out Carson's grungy photograph of an empty chair, which Meggs decides is a study about "the absence of people." (That put a smile on my face, at least.) Aside from the almost farcical nature of the writing that accompanies these images, they are still effective on a purely emotional, visceral level, that same base that Carson has operated so well at as a designer for so many years. Who knows, you might even want to use it as a coffee table book... although you might confuse your company.
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