Presumed Innocence
by Anne Higonnet, Rachel Lafo
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Author: Anne Higonnet, Rachel LafoEditor: Kate Dempsey
Photographer: Bruce Davidson
Photographer: Sally Mann
Photographer: Rineke Dijkstra
Photographer: Ansel Adams
Photographer: Diane Arbus
Photographer: Julie Blackmon
Photographer: Manuel Alvarez Bravo
Photographer: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Photographer: Elliot Erwitt
Photographer: Larry Fink
Photographer: Robert Frank
Photographer: Emmet Gowin
Photographer: Pieter Hugo
Photographer: Dorothea Lange
Photographer: Gillian Laub
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-15
ISBN: 0945506562
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: DeCordova Museum
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Book Review: Review of Presumed Innocence
Summary: 2 Stars
I couldn't really get into these photographs. They're very honest depictions of children, very realistic, very down to earth, but they don't, to me, show the awareness inside these children that the title "Presumed Innocence" promises. I think most people will just see these children as innocent children. I don't think there's much here that will shake that prevalent belief. The girl on the cover hints a bit at it, and there are a few very powerful pictures, but I just didn't find much here that really portrayed these children as anything but what the adults around them have made them. In another published book, of which I can't remember the name, I once read a poem written by a fifteen year old boy who had killed himself, and, to me, that one poem captured the hidden awareness of children more than any of these pictures did. I think for children to break free of the "innocent" label, they need to be demonstrated to be using their own free will. I would like to look at photographs of that.
Summary of Presumed Innocence
From Ansel Adams' harrowing 1940s documentary photographs of transient migrant workers' children to Sally Mann's simultaneously erotic and innocent portraits of her adolescent children and other pre- and post-pubescent girls, images of children have fascinated and frustrated viewers since the inception of the medium. This excellent collection of vintage and contemporary photographs, spanning from the early twentieth century until now, covers all of the relevant genres, from documentary reportage to digitally manipulated constructions. It includes well-known black-and-white images by renowned masters, as well as very recent color work by American and European photographers alike. Among the 85 photographers included are Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Julie Blackmon, Manual Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Rineke Dijkstra, Elliot Erwitt, Lalla Essaydi, Larry Fink, Robert Frank, Emmet Gowin, Pieter Hugo, Dorothea Lange, Gillian Laub, Helen Levitt, Sally Mann, Mary Ellen Mark, Tina Modotti, Abelardo Morell, Martin Parr and Doris Ulmann. Scholarly essays by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo of the DeCordova Museum and Barnard College's Anne Higonnet discuss the history of photography and changing concepts of childhood in visual imagery, respectively.Collections, Catalogues & Exhibitions Books
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