{"product_id":"the-picture-not-taken-on-life-and-photography-paperback","title":"The Picture Not Taken: On Life and Photography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Swett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn ecologically minded collection of essays in the vein of Rebecca Solnit and Susan Sontag, covering everything from the equipment of photography to the difficulties of perception itself.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Picture Not Taken, \u003c\/i\u003ethe photographer and writer Benjamin Swett considers the intersections between photography, memory, the natural world, and the course of life in essays on subjects that include family snapshots, images of racial violence, the shape of abiding love, and the experience of unforseen and irremediable loss. In these beautifully written, deeply affecting pages, Swett moves with a wonderful improvisatory freedom among his chosen themes. \u003ci\u003eThe Picture Not Taken \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of transfixing pieces that possesses the intensity and integrity and heft of the wholly new.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Swett\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eRoute 22\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York City of Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2013 New York City Book Award for Photography. Essays from \u003ci\u003eThe Picture Not Taken\u003c\/i\u003e have been published or are forthcoming in \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalmagundi\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePrism International\u003c\/i\u003e. Three of them (\"The Picture Not Taken,\" \"VR,\" and \"My Father's Green Album\") were chosen as Notable Essays in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays 2020\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e2021\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003e2022\u003c\/i\u003e. \"What I Wanted to Tell You About the Wind\" was the Editor's Choice essay in the Spring 2021 issue of \u003ci\u003eOrion\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753301901600,"sku":"9781681378633","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a009e27a25db14dc9f2e923018bcb2cf.webp?v=1780016652","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-picture-not-taken-on-life-and-photography-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}