An Aesthetic History
Broadly speaking, aesthetics can be defined as critical reflection on art, culture, and nature.
The thing about histories, especially for such subjective topics as art, is they are not true. People, especially artists, do not wake up one day with a master plan for the rest of their lives and then faithfully execute it until the moment they either retire or die. Rather, they start projects, finish some, shelve others, and change their minds often. Photographers contradict themselves a lot and are often capable of complete about-turns with regard to artistic philosophy and aesthetics. These changes of heart don’t happen as a Hollywood movie would have us think—there is usually no grand moment with a date and time stamp—but ...
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