I hope I wasn't responsible for any amplification of implications regarding profiteering. Like "Freedom4kids" I wouldn't mean to suggest such either.freedom4kids wrote:Whoa. Who poured the gasoline on the linguistic fire?
But I do agree with the criticism that the book - even as a coffee table book - is a bit light on information / commentary (text wise). I guess, in fairness, one could ask - who reads the commentary in a coffee table book anyway?
But perhaps another way of interpreting, and appreciating the book, is not as a coffee table book per se - but as an "artists book". Traditionally text plays a more minimal role in such books. This would be in keeping with the idea of the book as a "labour of love". It's about design, typography, layout etc.
To me, however, it seems to be more of a hybrid - an artists book that "looks like" a coffee table book (by which I mean it is not etched on handmade paper with a vintage printing press), but is otherwise of the artist book tradition. But at the same time "looks like" a technical book ("advanced film techniques") but is not actually a technical book (a how to do book) but an artistic invocation of someone who uses advanced techniques.
A more fitting subtitle is that which is on the inside title page: "a personal journey into super 8 filmmaking" rather than the slightly misleading one on the front cover.
But whatever the book is - it's something paving the way for something more.
Indeed.Perhaps in time the author will join us and discuss his valued craft.
Carl
Have fun with the book.