Ocular proof / Martha Ronk.

Author
Ronk, Martha Clare [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Oakland, California : Omnidawn Publishing, 2016.
Description
75 pages ; 23 cm

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    "Taking its title from Shakespeare's Othello, a play that questions the veracity of what eyes actually see, Ocular Proof explores not only what each of us sees, but also how photographs modify sight as they capture, distort, frame, and simultaneously encourage discovery. These poems play off critical insights about the function of photographs and the power of visual imagery in the modern world and yet are decidedly personal. They address the unreality of one's own life, the illegibility of the past and future, and our strong attraction to focused details such as 'Kertesz photographing stairs extending past the small figure and out of sight.'"--Provided by publisher.
    Notes
    Poems.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75)
    Contents
    • Photographs
    • Information systems
    • Shadows and elegies.
    ISBN
    • 9781632430250 ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1632430258 ((paperback ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016017043
    OCLC
    945648903
    Other standard number
    • 40026930401
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