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Bento's Sketchbook
Bento's Sketchbook
John Berger | 2015 | Art, Photography & Fashion, Philosophy, Psychology & Social Sciences
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"A reflection by one great lens-grinding thinker and revolutionary humanist on another: John Berger — our contemporary — writes on Benedict Spinoza, the 17th-century philosopher so influential for the Enlightenment. But he also writes on drawing, on living, on life and on living life now. For those not familiar with one or both, this is a great introduction to the company of two seminal souls."

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Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles
Richard Meyer | 2011 | Art, Photography & Fashion, History & Politics
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"I can’t overrate the radical beauty and revolutionary vision of these portraits. He was the first to focus on the psycho-idolatrous fans in the crowds at premieres, instead of the celebrities. Weegee the man, in words and image, is like a ham-handed rube and a carnival barker; it’s like watching an oaf sit down to play a perfect, mordant Bach chorale. What can I say?"

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    Eliza Graves (2014)

    Eliza Graves (2014)

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    An Oxford graduate takes up a job in a mental asylum, only to discover that the "revolutionary" new...