{"id":24127,"date":"2019-01-17T13:04:58","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T19:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=24127"},"modified":"2019-01-16T11:05:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:05:59","slug":"book-report-cactus-a-prickly-portrait-of-a-desert-eccentric-by-linda-hinrichs-and-nikolay-zurek-with-text-by-marjorie-leet-ford-1995","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/17\/book-report-cactus-a-prickly-portrait-of-a-desert-eccentric-by-linda-hinrichs-and-nikolay-zurek-with-text-by-marjorie-leet-ford-1995\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: Cactus: A Prickly Portrait of a Desert Eccentric<\/i> by Linda Hinrichs and Nikolay Zurek with Text By Marjorie Leet Ford (1995)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BookI bought this book in October<\/a> to browse during football games. Unfortunately, it was not meant to be: although this is a book of photography, it wouldn’t do for browsing during a football game because the paragraphs of captions and philosophizing about cacti are in a script typeface, which makes them hard to read. You have to follow along very carefully and can’t jump right back to a place after a football play.<\/p>\n

And the photos include a few landscapes with cactus, but with camera and development effects\/filters, especially underexposure to darken everything. But most of the photos are close-ups focusing on color and texture. Combined with the script font, this is a design book more than a photography book. Look at how pretty the book is except for the content.<\/p>\n

So I was underwhelmed.<\/p>\n

I was pleased with knowing who Pavlova is in this caption, though:<\/p>\n

Rhythm, light, and balance, like Brancusi and Bach and Pavlova at once.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know who Anna Pavlova was because I’m well read, and part of that reading is Neo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So, meh. But it’s off the side table.<\/p>\n

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