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A super interesting collection of insights and thoughts about how our lives, loves and families change and adapt to global connections.
Caught between realities, a mathematician, a book dealer, and a mobster desperately seek a notorious book that disappears upon being …
From the self-described 'black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet', these soaring, urgent essays on the power of women, poetry and anger …
Powerful financial forces have supported the neoliberal project since the 1980s to advance their interests; but there are now signs …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t …
I annotated a ton of quotes already here on goodreads and they give you a great idea of why I loved this book so much. In short: It gives a great overview of all the issues with "AI" and how/why we should resist it in a extremely well-argued & researched package. And of course in early 2024 in the midst of the LLM craze this has just become more relevant!
Barbara Peacock has traveled the US, far and wide, across all states, to document contemporary Americans of all ages, races, genders in their most private spaces - their bedrooms.
The pages are full of contrasts, and often extremely moving stories are more or less explicitly hinted at. Each and every of them is beautifully captured and one can feel Barbara’s love for her collaborators in front of the camera that allow us these glimpses into their lives.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t …
Happy that this'll be the first book I start in 2024!
After seeing it recommended on the /r/darkroom subreddit basically every day I wanted to give this a read for a long while and had the tab open to buy it for over a year, when my partner gifted me this for my birthday.
Having finished my first reading of it, I can definitely understand why it is one of the recommended text books for people that want to go into silver gelatine printing for their black & white photography: The book is filled to the brim with highly detailed strategies & the science (physics & chemistry) behind capturing images, developing negatives & exposing prints. This level of detail - while much appreciated - does not work super well as a text book that can be read front to back though, rather it works to be a reference work to be consulted for specific use-cases - many of which only fine-arts …
After seeing it recommended on the /r/darkroom subreddit basically every day I wanted to give this a read for a long while and had the tab open to buy it for over a year, when my partner gifted me this for my birthday.
Having finished my first reading of it, I can definitely understand why it is one of the recommended text books for people that want to go into silver gelatine printing for their black & white photography: The book is filled to the brim with highly detailed strategies & the science (physics & chemistry) behind capturing images, developing negatives & exposing prints. This level of detail - while much appreciated - does not work super well as a text book that can be read front to back though, rather it works to be a reference work to be consulted for specific use-cases - many of which only fine-arts photographers that work with at least medium if not large format materials will appreciate.
Overall, glad to have it as a reference work on the shelve!
