Wynn Bullock

by Wynn Bullock

Hardcover, 1999

Status

Available

Barcode

10106

Publication

New York, NY : Aperture Foundation, Inc., 1999.

Description

Wynn Bullock continues to be known as one of America's most innovative and experimental photographers. Bullock felt that his photographs were more than surface reflections, that they portrayed the interaction of "space and time" defined by light. This volume contains Bullock's most influential and best-known images, spanning his entire photographic career. An essay by David Fuess illuminates Bullock's life and work, drawing from a series of revealing interviews conducted with Bullock just prior to his death. Wynn Bullock devoted most of his life to exploring the natural universe and man's relationship to it; the vehicle of his search was the photograph. The penetrating, enigmatic and almost mystical nature of his images is accomplished through formal beauty matched with provocative imagery. Bullock wanted to jolt people to new heights of visual and self-awareness by encouraging them to relate to nature directly, unencumbered by traditional modes of visual and abstract thinking. His dramatic photographs have been characterized as showing the inner essence of nature, powerfully reflecting its mysterious beauty on a level extending beyond the everyday.… (more)

Physical description

95 p.; 21 cm

User reviews

LibraryThing member Tatoosh

The brief introduction of David Fuess merits 3.5 or 4 stars, but I reduced my rating to 2.5 stars because many of the photographs were disappointing. Bullock worked with Ansel Adams for a spell, and the influence of Adams’ zone system is evident in Bullock’s prints. Many of the subjects are

abstractions, an approach I am drawn to in my work, and I particularly enjoyed Wood 1972 (p. 20) and Let There Be Light 1954 (p 33). The most appealing image is Child on Forest Road, 1958, (p. 13). A lighter approach to the gloomy, dark photos might have produced a superior print in many instances.

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