Close-ups from Afar: Selected Short and Longer Essays on Social Uses of Photography - Sally Stein

"The 488-page tome is a treasure trove for anyone with even a passing interest in the filmmaker's work, featuring hundreds of never-before-seen photographs shot by Coppola and her collaborators over the years." Vogue

"This book provides a fascinating glimpse into how [Coppola] created the dream worlds which continue to enthral so many of us." Dazed

Sally Stein has long investigated the role of photography in relation to broader questions of culture and society. This first collection of her selected essays, Close-ups from Afar, brings together essential writings from over five decades, cumulatively demonstrating Stein’s distinctive critical approach to the history and proliferation of photography and its role within mass media and contemporary culture.

In this richly illustrated volume, Stein turns her astute eye to diverse topics including the rise of colour photography, the place of California in the history of the medium’s development, and women and photography between feminism’s ‘waves’, as well as insightful considerations of a host of photographers from Jacob Riis to Helmut Newton, Ansel Adams to Dorothea Lange, Susan Meiselas to Dawoud Bey. She has consistently sought to challenge readers to think afresh about the social uses of photography and their broader contexts and far-reaching effects. 

Paperback
22 x 28 cm, 324 pages