Photographer, printer, filmmaker, and author, Neil Selkirk, joins Michael Chovan-Dalton to discuss his new book, Why Photographs (a book without photographs – Warbler Press). Why Photographs is a collection of essays, excerpts, introductions, and quotes by Selkirk, Berenice Abbott, Julian Barnes, Dorothea Lange, Sigfried Kracauer, Paul Graham, and so many more. It’s a book that is historical, philosophical, and humorous but most importantly, it reminds you of why you fell in love with photography and why we still look for meaning in the image. Neil Selkirk is also the only person authorized to print for the Diane Arbus estate and we discuss that as well.
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Why Photographs?
Neil Selkirk is a British-born photographer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Interview, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Vogue and the premier issues of Wired, Paper, Colors, Spy, and other publications. He is the only person authorized to make posthumous prints of the photographs of Diane Arbus. Selkirk’s books include See No Evil, Lobbyists, and Certain Women, as well the ongoing photographic projects, Security Matters, and Out of Darkness. Selkirk lives and works in New York City and the Hudson Valley.
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