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'Jackie Higgins's lyrical, literate style will charm you while her
book stuns your imagination with strange, other-worldly truths'
Richard Dawkins Sentient assembles a menagerie of zoological
creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe -
to understand what it means to be human. Through their eyes, ears,
skins, tongues and noses, the furred, finned and feathered reveal
how we sense and make sense of the world, as well as the untold
scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception.
The harlequin mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture
aquarium walls but, more importantly, it has the ability to see a
vast range of colours. The ears of the great grey owl have such
unparalleled range and sensitivity that they can hear twenty
decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole barely fills
a human hand, seldom ventures above ground and poses little threat
unless you are an earthworm, but its miraculous nose allows it to
catch those worms at astonishing speed - as little as one hundred
and twenty milliseconds. Here, too, we meet the four-eyed spookfish
and its dark vision; the vampire bat and its remarkable powers of
touch; the bloodhound and its hundreds of millions of scent
receptors, as well as the bar-tailed godwit, the common octopus,
giant peacocks, cheetahs and golden orb-weaving spiders. Each of
these extraordinary creatures illustrates the sensory powers that
lie dormant within us. In this captivating book, Jackie Higgins
explores this evolutionary heritage and, in doing so, enables us to
subconsciously engage with the world in ways we never knew
possible.
Why take a self-portrait but obscure your face with a lightbulb
(Lee Friedlander, Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (1968)? Or
deliberately underexpose an image (Vera Lutter, Battersea Power
Station, XI: July 13 , 2004)? And why photograph a ceiling (William
Eggleston, Red Ceiling , 1973)? In Why It Does Not Have To Be In
Focus , Jackie Higgins offers a lively, informed defence of modern
photography. Choosing 100 key photographs - with particular
emphasis on the last twenty years - she examines what inspired each
photographer in the first place, and traces how the piece was
executed. In doing so, she brings to light the layers of meaning
and artifice behind these singular works, some of which were
initially dismissed out of hand for being blurred, overexposed or
'badly' composed. The often controversial works discussed in this
book play with our expectations of a photograph, our ingrained
tendency to believe that it is telling us the unadorned truth.
Jackie Higgins's book proves once and for all that there's much
more to the art of photography than just pointing and clicking.
'Spellbinding . . . More than any other book, [Sentient] has made
me think differently about the world this year.' - Financial Times
Best Books of the Year The peacock mantis shrimp can throw a punch
that can fracture aquarium walls. The great grey owl can hear many
decibels lower than the human ear. The star-nosed mole's miraculous
nose allows it to catch worms in as little as 120 milliseconds. In
Sentient, Jackie Higgins assembles a menagerie of zoological
creatures - from land, air, sea and all four corners of the globe -
to understand what it means to be human. In it, we also meet the
four-eyed spookfish and its dark vision, the vampire bat and its
remarkable powers of touch, as well as the common octopus, the
Goliath catfish and the duck-billed platypus. Each zoological
marvel illustrates the surprising sensory powers that lie within us
and enables us to engage with the world in ways we never knew
possible. 'Lyrical and lucid . . . Higgins makes popular science
accessible.' - Observer
One of the first celebrity photographers, David Bailey socialized
with many of the cultural icons of the 60s - he lived with Mick
Jagger, married the legendary French film actress Catherine Deneuve
and had relationships with the models Jean Shrimpton and Penelope
Tree. Along with Brian Duffy and Terence Donovan, he was one of the
'Terrible Trio' - self-taught East End boys who rebelled against
the precious style of fashion portraiture as practiced by society
photographers like Cecil Beaton and Norman Parkinson. His own fame
was confirmed when director Michelangelo Antonioni used him as
inspiration for the character of fast-living photographer Thomas
Hemmings in cult film "Blow-Up" (1966).
Outside the world of fashion photography, Bailey has pursued
numerous personal and commercial projects; documenting the
streetscapes of London, photographing the people and places of
Havana, Cuba, and producing an intimate series of portraits of
model Catherine Bailey, his current wife. He has also created
record-sleeve art, feature films, documentaries and around 500
commercials. The vigour and variety of his work has made him the
subject of numerous exhibitions, including a major traveling show
that opened at the Barbican, London, in 1999 entitled "The Birth of
Cool."
This handsome monograph provides an overview of Bailey's career,
including works from key monographs such as his debut "Box of
Pin-Ups" (1964) and the controversial series "The Lady is a Tramp"
(1995). The book, on a photographer whose reputation only continues
to grow, will appeal to all photography enthusiasts and students,
and to anyone with an interest in popular culture of the 1960s
onwards.
Sentient assembles a menagerie of zoological creatures – from land,
air, sea and all four corners of the globe – to understand what it
means to be human. Through their eyes, ears, skins, tongues and noses,
the furred, finned and feathered reveal how we sense and make sense of
the world, as well as the untold scientific revolution stirring in the
field of human perception.
The harlequin mantis shrimp can throw a punch that can fracture
aquarium walls but, more importantly, it has the ability to see a vast
range of colours. The ears of the great grey owl have such unparalleled
range and sensitivity that they can hear twenty decibels lower than the
human ear. The star-nosed mole barely fills a human hand, seldom
ventures above ground and poses little threat unless you are an
earthworm, but its miraculous nose allows it to catch those worms at
astonishing speed – as little as one hundred and twenty milliseconds.
Here, too, we meet the four-eyed spookfish and its dark vision; the
vampire bat and its remarkable powers of touch; the bloodhound and its
hundreds of millions of scent receptors, as well as the bar-tailed
godwit, the common octopus, giant peacocks, cheetahs and golden
orb-weaving spiders. Each of these extraordinary creatures illustrates
the sensory powers that lie dormant within us.
In this captivating book, Jackie Higgins explores this evolutionary
heritage and, in doing so, enables us to subconsciously engage with the
world in ways we never knew possible.
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