Author : Scott L. Matthews
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807882496
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Book Synopsis The Day Is Past and Gone: Family Photographs from Eastern North Carolina by : Scott L. Matthews
Download or read book The Day Is Past and Gone: Family Photographs from Eastern North Carolina written by Scott L. Matthews and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part essay, part memory—this piece finds the perfect form to explore the pictures that might rely most for meaning on the stories that accompany them: family photos. This article appears in the Summer 2011 issue of Southern Cultures: The Photography Issue."'It is in fact hard to get the camera to tell the truth; yet it can be made to, in many ways and on many levels. Some of the best photographs we are ever likely to see are innocent domestic snapshots.'"