Lowe J. Looking at Photographs: People

Chronicle Books, 1995. — 48 p.An essay on how to look at photographs by John F. Kennedy's personal photographer, including work by all the greats of the medium as well as some of Lowe's images.In the century and a half since photography developed as a popular art form, we have been exposed to more images ot people, from all corners of the globe, than in all the preceding years combined. These pages feature a sampling ot some ol the best. From Jean - Eugene Atget's evocative photographs of Paris taken in photography's early days to Dorothea Lange's documentary photographs of the Great Depression to Lennart Nilsson's startling pictures ot human embryos, these photographs have dramatically affected what we know about humans and how we feel about them.But this book isn't just about people; it is about photography. It is about how photographs are made, what they have to tell us, and how we can get the most out ot looking at them. Readers will be able to apply the ideas they learn here not only to pictures ot people, but to the many different kinds ot photographs that come into their lives every day.