Cannonball Read 9

Sticking it to Cancer One Book at a Time

Stunning photo project or exploitation?

The Oxford Project by Peter Feldstein

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The premise of The Oxford Project is simple, and I suspect it’s one that you’ll either get or really not get. In 1984, Peter Feldstein photographed every resident of Oxford, Iowa (I can’t recall if he ended up photographing every single resident, but if not it was extremely close). The photographs are simple and stark, with people rarely posing but just standing frankly in front of the camera. Sometimes they’re accompanied by a bicycle, a baby, a gun, a lion. In 2004, he went back to photograph them all again. This time he took Stephen G. Bloom and got brief […]

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6/19/2017 | 's CBR9 Review No:18 |

Half Splash, Twice

Steampunk Tea Party by Jema "Emilly Ladybird" Hewitt

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First, some shameless self-congratulations: Cannonball! I was originally thinking I could only do a half, which I signed up for, but here I am with a full 52! Yay me 🙂 OK, moving on. Steampunk Tea Party is probably the best Christmas present I’ve gotten in a long while. Long Live Book Exchange! It’s part cookbook, part photo book, and part short story collection. Each of the six chapters has a theme with recipes, excerpts from character voices, pictures of characters in elaborate costumes, pictures of recipes, brief info snippets about ingredients or in some cases substitutions, or decorating. It’s […]

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12/28/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:52 |

A photo a day keeps a rut away.

The Unforgettable Photograph by George Lange

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  I honestly have no idea why I got this book from the library, but I’m really glad I did! I think I must’ve put it on my to-read list a couple years ago, and once I finally got it, it languished in my library pile for ages. I’ve been taking pictures since I could pick up a camera – my mom, grandfather, and godfather are/were truly incredible photographers. I’ve been featured in two art galleries (#humblebrag) I have a little side business doing family photography, so it’s not like I need to know how to take a photograph. I […]

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8/15/2016 | 's CBR8 Review No:28 |

I am sure there are other versions of happiness, but this one is mine.

It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War by Lynsey Addario

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I saw Lynsey Addario on The Daily Show promoting her book: It’s What I Do: A Photographer’s Life of Love and War (2015). Jon Stewart was obviously impressed, and even though Addario is just 41, she seems to have already lived a remarkable life. On the show Addario talked about photography, getting kidnapped in Libya, and the struggle to balance her work with being a wife and mother. Because Addario’s photographs are scattered throughout this book, I’d recommend reading the hardcover book rather than the Kindle version. I don’t know how well those would come out in an e-book. And I […]

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4/16/2015 | 's CBR7 Review No:18 |

Seriously: F-you, F-stops.

Understanding Exposure: Revised Edition by Bryan Peterson

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According to Amazon, I have owned this book for five years. I have read it approximately twice a year since I’ve owned it, so let’s say 10 times. Do I “understand exposure” yet? No: no I do not.  So this is a horrible book, right? No: It’s actually excellent, but for whatever reason, I just can’t get the information to translate from the pages of the book to my brain to my camera lens. In all honesty, my statement about not understanding exposure yet is not technically true ~ I absolutely understand exposure better in the minutes immediately after reading […]

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9/4/2014 | 's CBR6 Review No:21 |

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