Seeing: A Photographic Voyage of Discovery and Delight

by Gordon Andrews

This unique and experimental book presents photographs of familiar objects - textures in stone and steel, details of rendered walls and graffiti, metal shavings and mottled paint surfaces - perceived in a remarkable and unusual way.

Often reminiscent of modern abstract paintings, Gordon Andrews' photographs alert us to the designs inherent both in Nature and in man's world, and the intriguing interplay between the two.

SEEING is a book which will be of considerable interest to graphic designers, photographers, painters and students everywhere.

Genres: Nonfiction, Art

106 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1987

About the author

One half of the team behind best-selling author Ilona Andrews .

Reviews

[Keen Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Stars!

“To have the ability to see freely what surrounds us is a rare gift.”

Hmmm…this is something a bit different which I pulled from the shelf of a friend’s place, I was lucky enough to be staying at over a long Easter weekend. I took this to break the monotony of another crap book I was stuck with at the time.

This is very much a book of playful ambiguities, which indulges in some clever and fun twists on perspectives, which challenges scale, norms and appearances just enough to be interesting and worthwhile.

“Shattered armoured – glass from a discarded computer” could almost be an aerial shot of some exotic Asian mega-city?... “Blue sky seen through broken glass” was striking in its colour and intensity. I also enjoyed the “Clear sky seen through the manhole of a retired firebrick-lined kiln.” which struck a similar plangent chord.

So I suppose this book makes the point that you can easily access beauty, wonder and intrigue from the most mundane and everyday of otherwise throwaway or forgettable objects, it’s merely about shedding preconceptions, making the effort, opening your mind and opening your eyes.