Edited by Will Steacy
Introduction by Lyle Rexer
Paperback, 232 pages
Daylight, 2012
Photographs Not Taken is a collection of photographers’ essays focused on failed attempts to make a picture. Conceived and edited by Will Steacy, each photographer was asked to abandon the camera and, instead, use words to recreate the image that never made it through their lens.
Featuring contributions from over seventy photographers: Dave Anderson, Timothy Archibald, Roger Ballen, Thomas Bangsted, Juliana Beasley, Nina Berman, Kelli Connell, Paul D’Amato, Tim Davis, KayLynn Deveney, Doug Dubois, Rian Dundon, Amy Elkins, Jim Goldberg, Emmet Gowin, Gregory Halpern, Tim Hetherington, Todd Hido, Rob Hornstra, Chris Jordan, Nadav Kander, Ed Kashi, Shane Lavalette, Joshua Lutz, David Maisel, Mary Ellen Mark, Andrew Moore, Ed Panar, Christian Patterson, Andrew Phelps, Sylvia Plachy, Mark Power, Simon Roberts, Stefan Ruiz, Matt Salacuse, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Aaron Schuman, Jamel Shabazz, Alec Soth, Amy Stein, Mark Steinmetz, Joni Sternbach, Hank Willis Thomas, Brian Ulrich, Peter Van Agtmael, Massimo Vitali, Hiroshi Watanabe, Alex Webb, Rebecca Norris Webb and more…
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