The Command to Look: A Master Photographer's Method for Controlling the Human Gaze

by William Mortensen and George Dunham

The Command to Look is considered one of Mortensen's most momentous and rare books. Until now, copies on the antiquarian book circuit sold for many hundreds of dollars. It is a crucial book for understanding both Mortensen's philosophy and his use of psychology in the making of his pictures. To illustrate the text Mortensen includes an amazing gallery of his best-known and most challenging images with explanations, by him, of what makes those photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627310010
• ISBN13: 9781627310017
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Feral House
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 6.9"