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various small fires
My computer problems seem momentarily solved, so I can return to posting. Doing some research on photography recently, I was reminded of how much I like the photographic books of Ed Ruscha: books with titles like Thirty-Four Parking Lots or Various Small Fires. The photos in the books depict exactly what is indicated by the titles, in as artless a fashion as possible: raw documentation. In a 1965 Artforum interview, Ruscha remarks: "I think photography is dead as a fine art; its only place is in the commercial world, for technical or information purposes. Thus [Various Small Fires] is not a book to house a collection of art photographs—they are technical data like industrial photography." Arcana Books has descriptions of some of Ruscha's books (as well as photos of some of the covers) on this page. Labels: art, information, photography
Monday, January 14, 2002
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